diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7e7dccbe..f241a390 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ### Welcome to (the new home of) UCanAccess
 
-**UCanAccess** is a popular open-source pure Java JDBC driver capable of reading/writing Microsoft Access databases.
+**UCanAccess** is an open-source pure Java JDBC driver capable of reading and writing Microsoft Access databases.
 
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 UCanAccess is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Please see here for detailed [license info](LICENSE.txt).
@@ -36,3 +34,5 @@ The Apache POI project is licensed under Apache License, Version 2.0
 Some of the UcanaccessDatabaseMetadata methods have been originally inspired by the hsqldb DatabaseMetaData implementation.
 They have been then modified and adapted so that they are integrated with UCanAccess in a consistent manner.
 The Hsqldb project is licensed under a BSD-based license.
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+Microsoft, Access, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Access are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e1163c58..db4c1292 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>UCanAccess</name>
-    <description>An open source pure Java JDBC Driver implementation which allows Java developers and JDBC client programs (e.g., Open Office, Libre Office, Squirrel SQL) to read/write Microsoft Access databases.</description>
+    <description>Open-source pure Java JDBC driver for Access databases. Allows Java developers and client programs (e.g. OpenOffice, LibreOffice, SQuirreL SQL) to read and write various versions of Microsoft Access databases.</description>
     <url>https://github.com/spannm/${project.artifactId}</url>
     <inceptionYear>2012</inceptionYear>