diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e862dab..d83679d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "pasts"
 version = "0.14.3"
 license = "Apache-2.0 OR BSL-1.0 OR MIT"
-description = "Minimal and simpler alternative to the futures crate."
+description = "Minimal asynchronous runtime for Rust"
 repository = "https://github.com/ardaku/pasts"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/pasts"
 homepage = "https://github.com/ardaku/pasts/blob/stable/CHANGELOG.md"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b2f616b..c27c943 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 [![Crates.io](https://img.shields.io/crates/l/pasts)](https://github.com/ardaku/pasts/search?l=Text&q=license)
 [![Docs.rs](https://docs.rs/pasts/badge.svg)](https://docs.rs/pasts/)
 
-Minimal and simpler alternative to the futures crate.
+**Minimal asynchronous runtime for Rust**
 
 The pasts asynchronous runtime is designed for creating user-space software and
 embedded software using an asynchronous event loop.  It aims to abstract away
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index b372683..49e0004 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//! Minimal and simpler alternative to the futures crate.
+//! **Minimal asynchronous runtime for Rust**
 //!
 //! # Optional Features
 //! Only the _`std`_ feature is enabled by default