diff --git a/common/common-image/pom.xml b/common/common-image/pom.xml
index 7d238fa8..7b940317 100644
--- a/common/common-image/pom.xml
+++ b/common/common-image/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>TwelveMonkeys :: Common :: Image</name>
     <description>
-        The TwelveMonkeys Common Image support
+        TwelveMonkeys Common image support classes.
     </description>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/common/common-io/pom.xml b/common/common-io/pom.xml
index 9fb82eca..9afa9796 100644
--- a/common/common-io/pom.xml
+++ b/common/common-io/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>TwelveMonkeys :: Common :: IO</name>
     <description>
-        The TwelveMonkeys Common IO support
+        TwelveMonkeys Common I/O support classes.
     </description>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/common/common-lang/pom.xml b/common/common-lang/pom.xml
index fce3b8ac..3c738ada 100644
--- a/common/common-lang/pom.xml
+++ b/common/common-lang/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>TwelveMonkeys :: Common :: Language support</name>
     <description>
-        The TwelveMonkeys Common Language support
+        TwelveMonkeys Common language support classes.
     </description>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/contrib/pom.xml b/contrib/pom.xml
index aa32768f..16595785 100644
--- a/contrib/pom.xml
+++ b/contrib/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <artifactId>contrib</artifactId>
     <name>TwelveMonkeys :: Contrib</name>
     <description>
-      Contributions to TwelveMonkeys which are not matching into the ImageIO plug-ins.
+      Contributions to TwelveMonkeys and code that doesn't fit anywhere else.
     </description>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/imageio/imageio-core/pom.xml b/imageio/imageio-core/pom.xml
index 15f7ada5..cddcd640 100644
--- a/imageio/imageio-core/pom.xml
+++ b/imageio/imageio-core/pom.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
     </parent>
     <artifactId>imageio-core</artifactId>
     <name>TwelveMonkeys :: ImageIO :: Core</name>
+    <description>
+        TwelveMonkeys ImageIO core support classes.
+    </description>
 
     <properties>
         <project.jpms.module.name>com.twelvemonkeys.imageio.core</project.jpms.module.name>
diff --git a/imageio/imageio-metadata/pom.xml b/imageio/imageio-metadata/pom.xml
index 44b2854d..add10e0b 100644
--- a/imageio/imageio-metadata/pom.xml
+++ b/imageio/imageio-metadata/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <artifactId>imageio-metadata</artifactId>
     <name>TwelveMonkeys :: ImageIO :: Metadata</name>
     <description>
-        ImageIO metadata module.
+        TwelveMonkeys ImageIO metadata support classes.
     </description>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/servlet/pom.xml b/servlet/pom.xml
index 3a39e267..1d49c652 100644
--- a/servlet/pom.xml
+++ b/servlet/pom.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
     <groupId>com.twelvemonkeys.servlet</groupId>
     <artifactId>servlet</artifactId>
     <name>TwelveMonkeys :: Servlet</name>
+    <description>
+        TwelveMonkeys Servlet support classes.
+    </description>
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>