treewide: Remove indefinite article from meta.description

nix run nixpkgs#silver-searcher -- -G '\.nix$' -0l 'description.*"[Aa]n?' pkgs \ | xargs -0 nix run nixpkgs#gnused -- -i '' -Ee 's/(description.*")[Aa]n? (.)/\1\U\2/'
author: Alexis Hildebrandt <afh@surryhill.net> 2024-06-07 09:46:46 +0200
committer: Alexis Hildebrandt <afh@surryhill.net> 2024-06-09 23:07:45 +0200
commit: 755b915a158c9d588f08e9b08da9f7f3422070cc (patch)
tree: ed9d7ce9b076a21bc5893e366341188c26281e6c /pkgs/tools/misc
parent: bf995e3641950f4183c1dd9010349263dfa0123b (diff)
293 files changed, 298 insertions, 298 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/0x/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/0x/default.nix
index 2f1493d23452e..c5adee2a19467 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/0x/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/0x/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/mcy/0x";
-    description = "A colorful, configurable xxd";
+    description = "Colorful, configurable xxd";
     mainProgram = "0x";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ AndersonTorres ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/addic7ed-cli/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/addic7ed-cli/default.nix
index d335cfb1d737b..9d5fef14bf253 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/addic7ed-cli/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/addic7ed-cli/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "addic7ed_cli" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A commandline access to addic7ed subtitles";
+    description = "Commandline access to addic7ed subtitles";
     homepage = "https://github.com/BenoitZugmeyer/addic7ed-cli";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ aethelz ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/adrgen/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/adrgen/default.nix
index 4a367062cafa9..979d1878035d3 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/adrgen/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/adrgen/default.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/asiermarques/adrgen";
-    description = "A command-line tool for generating and managing Architecture Decision Records";
+    description = "Command-line tool for generating and managing Architecture Decision Records";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.ivar ];
     mainProgram = "adrgen";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/afetch/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/afetch/default.nix
index 9b8fe7e4e0916..9413666372df3 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/afetch/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/afetch/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A fetch program written in C";
+    description = "Fetch program written in C";
     homepage = "https://github.com/13-CF/afetch";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ dan4ik605743 jk ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/agedu/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/agedu/default.nix
index d8b2c1a2c5ca7..d01e6aab141c1 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/agedu/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/agedu/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake halibut ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Unix utility for tracking down wasted disk space";
+    description = "Unix utility for tracking down wasted disk space";
     longDescription = ''
        Most Unix file systems, in their default mode, helpfully record when a
        file was last accessed. So if you generated a large amount of data years
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/alarm-clock-applet/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/alarm-clock-applet/default.nix
index 85feb80700e6e..c73d2b758cd5e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/alarm-clock-applet/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/alarm-clock-applet/default.nix
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A fully-featured alarm clock with an indicator";
+    description = "Fully-featured alarm clock with an indicator";
     homepage = "https://alarm-clock-applet.github.io";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ aleksana ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/apkeep/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/apkeep/default.nix
index 2b52ab1d788a3..5bc0aec88cb29 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/apkeep/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/apkeep/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A command-line tool for downloading APK files from various sources";
+    description = "Command-line tool for downloading APK files from various sources";
     homepage = "https://github.com/EFForg/apkeep";
     changelog = "https://github.com/EFForg/apkeep/blob/${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/asciinema-agg/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/asciinema-agg/default.nix
index 3b530eb28f6f9..238a5c8af0736 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/asciinema-agg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/asciinema-agg/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A command-line tool for generating animated GIF files from asciicast v2 files produced by asciinema terminal recorder";
+    description = "Command-line tool for generating animated GIF files from asciicast v2 files produced by asciinema terminal recorder";
     homepage = "https://github.com/asciinema/agg";
     changelog = "https://github.com/asciinema/agg/releases/tag/${src.rev}";
     license = licenses.asl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/askalono/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/askalono/default.nix
index 3b9a0c9633e9f..a15d4d08aae8a 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/askalono/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/askalono/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   cargoHash = "sha256-OkN8V37GApJvremRJlWG3HSpWgMC17Ge8JMTiQVoc/g=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool to detect open source licenses from texts";
+    description = "Tool to detect open source licenses from texts";
     homepage = "https://github.com/jpeddicord/askalono";
     changelog = "https://github.com/jpeddicord/askalono/blob/${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = licenses.asl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/astronomer/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/astronomer/default.nix
index fb10f428967b6..77b30afa05290 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/astronomer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/astronomer/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   ldflags = [ "-s" "-w" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool to detect illegitimate stars from bot accounts on GitHub projects";
+    description = "Tool to detect illegitimate stars from bot accounts on GitHub projects";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Ullaakut/astronomer";
     changelog = "https://github.com/Ullaakut/astronomer/releases/tag/${src.rev}";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/autojump/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/autojump/default.nix
index 977e339d7ef55..8305c82937ebd 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/autojump/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/autojump/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A `cd' command that learns";
+    description = "`cd' command that learns";
     mainProgram = "autojump";
     longDescription = ''
       One of the most used shell commands is “cd”.  A quick survey
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/backdown/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/backdown/default.nix
index e578b1ab4295d..f75388ea8677d 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/backdown/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/backdown/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   cargoHash = "sha256-BOwhXq/xVuk3KylL3KeIkiIG3SXVASFiYkUgKJhMzuU=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A file deduplicator";
+    description = "File deduplicator";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Canop/backdown";
     changelog = "https://github.com/Canop/backdown/blob/${src.rev}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/bartib/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/bartib/default.nix
index 0719f8a168bba..c799f38f35add 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/bartib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/bartib/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple timetracker for the command line";
+    description = "Simple timetracker for the command line";
     homepage = "https://github.com/nikolassv/bartib";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ figsoda ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/bbe/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/bbe/default.nix
index 58d099da4b06d..519c272902b4a 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/bbe/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/bbe/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   outputs = [ "out" "doc" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A sed-like editor for binary files";
+    description = "Sed-like editor for binary files";
     homepage = "https://bbe-.sourceforge.net/";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/betterdiscordctl/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/betterdiscordctl/default.nix
index c2c935c0d9814..c1030db7a7a37 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/betterdiscordctl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/betterdiscordctl/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/bb010g/betterdiscordctl";
-    description = "A utility for managing BetterDiscord on Linux";
+    description = "Utility for managing BetterDiscord on Linux";
     license = licenses.mit;
     mainProgram = "betterdiscordctl";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ivar bb010g ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/bfetch/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/bfetch/default.nix
index 2d678da532332..687b3c1280167 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/bfetch/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/bfetch/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
   makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A SuperB general-purpose fetch displayer written in portable sh";
+    description = "SuperB general-purpose fetch displayer written in portable sh";
     homepage = "https://github.com/NNBnh/bfetch";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
     platforms = platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/bfr/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/bfr/default.nix
index 60905d95e57dd..6d67d4d206772 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/bfr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/bfr/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ perl ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A general-purpose command-line pipe buffer";
+    description = "General-purpose command-line pipe buffer";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ pSub ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/bibtex2html/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/bibtex2html/default.nix
index ba73de533af96..2af4aaa081283 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/bibtex2html/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/bibtex2html/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ ocaml perl ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A collection of tools for translating from BibTeX to HTML";
+    description = "Collection of tools for translating from BibTeX to HTML";
     homepage = "https://www.lri.fr/~filliatr/bibtex2html/";
     license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     platforms = ocaml.meta.platforms or [];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/bkt/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/bkt/default.nix
index beef0b8412ca2..5f6053ec9de96 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/bkt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/bkt/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   cargoHash = "sha256-Pl+a+ZpxaguRloH8R7x4FmYpTwTUwFrYy7AS/5K3L+8=";
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A subprocess caching utility";
+    description = "Subprocess caching utility";
     homepage = "https://github.com/dimo414/bkt";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.mangoiv ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/bkyml/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/bkyml/default.nix
index 8b930e960e246..cfd996f608913 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/bkyml/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/bkyml/default.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/joscha/bkyml";
-    description = "A CLI tool to generate a pipeline.yaml file for Buildkite on the fly";
+    description = "CLI tool to generate a pipeline.yaml file for Buildkite on the fly";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ olebedev ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/blflash/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/blflash/default.nix
index 36c1712a6e579..36bdca12de874 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/blflash/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/blflash/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   cargoHash = "sha256-NRBW2rGrtEmmxONTpCM1D+o5HtnLjp175Sq9+aCp7ZE=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An bl602 serial flasher written in Rust";
+    description = "Bl602 serial flasher written in Rust";
     homepage = "https://github.com/spacemeowx2/blflash";
     license = with licenses; [ mit asl20 ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ _0x4A6F ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/broot/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/broot/default.nix
index 0a28eef639526..5fda81cf80b4b 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/broot/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/broot/default.nix
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An interactive tree view, a fuzzy search, a balanced BFS descent and customizable commands";
+    description = "Interactive tree view, a fuzzy search, a balanced BFS descent and customizable commands";
     homepage = "https://dystroy.org/broot/";
     changelog = "https://github.com/Canop/broot/releases/tag/v${version}";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ dywedir ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/buildtorrent/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/buildtorrent/default.nix
index d9fc90768a984..e6a800dc54675 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/buildtorrent/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/buildtorrent/default.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple commandline torrent creator";
+    description = "Simple commandline torrent creator";
     homepage = "https://mathr.co.uk/blog/torrent.html";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     platforms = platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/capture/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/capture/default.nix
index be08be4f1436a..9eac4dd0bbc55 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/capture/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/capture/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A no bullshit screen capture tool";
+    description = "No bullshit screen capture tool";
     homepage = "https://github.com/buhman/capture";
     maintainers = [ maintainers.ar1a ];
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/cf-terraforming/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/cf-terraforming/default.nix
index 42ac51995531a..086d1f044ddfe 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/cf-terraforming/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/cf-terraforming/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A command line utility to facilitate terraforming your existing Cloudflare resources";
+    description = "Command line utility to facilitate terraforming your existing Cloudflare resources";
     homepage = "https://github.com/cloudflare/cf-terraforming/";
     license = licenses.mpl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ benley ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/changelogger/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/changelogger/default.nix
index bae346ca37c5b..fa46e7b10752c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/changelogger/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/changelogger/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool to manage your changelog file in Markdown";
+    description = "Tool to manage your changelog file in Markdown";
     homepage = "https://github.com/MarkusFreitag/changelogger";
     changelog = "https://github.com/MarkusFreitag/changelogger/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/clickclack/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/clickclack/default.nix
index 884c2ac84bc18..15fe00486d3e6 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/clickclack/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/clickclack/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A vibration/audio feedback tool to be used with virtual keyboards";
+    description = "Vibration/audio feedback tool to be used with virtual keyboards";
     homepage = "https://git.sr.ht/~proycon/clickclack";
     license = licenses.mit;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/clini/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/clini/default.nix
index 95d86e6fd46d1..b5bd825821498 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/clini/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/clini/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   cargoHash = "sha256-hOPj3c3WIISRqP/9Kpc/Yh9Z/wfAkHQ/731+BkWElIQ=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple tool to do basic modification of ini files";
+    description = "Simple tool to do basic modification of ini files";
     homepage = "https://github.com/domgreen/clini";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ Flakebi ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/cloc/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/cloc/default.nix
index 4cb21ea5c99e9..124e3869b7210 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/cloc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/cloc/default.nix
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A program that counts lines of source code";
+    description = "Program that counts lines of source code";
     homepage = "https://github.com/AlDanial/cloc";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = lib.platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/clpeak/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/clpeak/default.nix
index 4539602320f3f..4b190acf19b7c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/clpeak/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/clpeak/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ ocl-icd opencl-clhpp ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool which profiles OpenCL devices to find their peak capacities";
+    description = "Tool which profiles OpenCL devices to find their peak capacities";
     homepage = "https://github.com/krrishnarraj/clpeak/";
     license = licenses.unlicense;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/clubhouse-cli/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/clubhouse-cli/default.nix
index 22148f820d40b..8e44b2c0cec86 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/clubhouse-cli/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/clubhouse-cli/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ buildNpmPackage rec {
   npmDepsHash = "sha256-QlCLEvmqLVkWwgTVlToYD6bptLp/MVfQ10Wdfr3PIr4=";
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A command line tool for viewing, creating and updating clubhouse.io stories";
+    description = "Command line tool for viewing, creating and updating clubhouse.io stories";
     homepage = "https://github.com/andjosh/clubhouse-cli";
     changelog = "https://github.com/andjosh/clubhouse-cli/blob/${src.rev}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/code-minimap/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/code-minimap/default.nix
index 34d8547ebd327..db58ede25abff 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/code-minimap/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/code-minimap/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   buildInputs = lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin libiconv;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A high performance code minimap render";
+    description = "High performance code minimap render";
     homepage = "https://github.com/wfxr/code-minimap";
     license = with licenses; [ asl20 /* or */ mit ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ bsima ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/codevis/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/codevis/default.nix
index c41351f95983f..3ef5e899b4ac1 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/codevis/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/codevis/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool to take all source code in a folder and render them to one image";
+    description = "Tool to take all source code in a folder and render them to one image";
     homepage = "https://github.com/sloganking/codevis";
     changelog = "https://github.com/sloganking/codevis/releases/tag/${src.rev}";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/conserver/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/conserver/default.nix
index 30ac050ee0d33..ca066c834b8a9 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/conserver/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/conserver/default.nix
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.conserver.com/";
-    description = "An application that allows multiple users to watch a serial console at the same time";
+    description = "Application that allows multiple users to watch a serial console at the same time";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ sarcasticadmin ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/coreboot-configurator/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/coreboot-configurator/default.nix
index 2c51fd61fc110..d8e322421c75e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/coreboot-configurator/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/coreboot-configurator/default.nix
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple GUI to change settings in Coreboot's CBFS";
+    description = "Simple GUI to change settings in Coreboot's CBFS";
     homepage = "https://support.starlabs.systems/kb/guides/coreboot-configurator";
     license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/cowsay/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/cowsay/default.nix
index 874299905e079..b0910da7b067f 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/cowsay/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/cowsay/default.nix
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A program which generates ASCII pictures of a cow with a message";
+    description = "Program which generates ASCII pictures of a cow with a message";
     homepage = "https://cowsay.diamonds";
     changelog = "https://github.com/cowsay-org/cowsay/releases/tag/v${finalAttrs.version}";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/crudini/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/crudini/default.nix
index 393b78ad64705..ec3cad6e87476 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/crudini/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/crudini/default.nix
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A utility for manipulating ini files ";
+    description = "Utility for manipulating ini files ";
     homepage = "https://www.pixelbeat.org/programs/crudini/";
     license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ peterhoeg ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/cunit/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/cunit/default.nix
index 77af6497a573b..5b6f1de61b161 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/cunit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/cunit/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A Unit Testing Framework for C";
+    description = "Unit Testing Framework for C";
 
     longDescription = ''
       CUnit is a lightweight system for writing, administering, and running
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/cutecom/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/cutecom/default.nix
index 490d33b123d84..e36bd288b2ae1 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/cutecom/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/cutecom/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A graphical serial terminal";
+    description = "Graphical serial terminal";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.com/cutecom/cutecom/";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ bennofs ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/dashing/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/dashing/default.nix
index c7ec598fe309e..f2f9353f403a6 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/dashing/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/dashing/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Dash Generator Script for Any HTML";
+    description = "Dash Generator Script for Any HTML";
     homepage = "https://github.com/technosophos/dashing";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/datamash/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/datamash/default.nix
index 15cd8234a5734..6ee082c5151da 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/datamash/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/datamash/default.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A command-line program which performs basic numeric,textual and statistical operations on input textual data files";
+    description = "Command-line program which performs basic numeric,textual and statistical operations on input textual data files";
     homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/datamash/";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     platforms = platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/datefmt/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/datefmt/default.nix
index 0b2dd7fae270e..36fdf9fcfebbc 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/datefmt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/datefmt/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://jb55.com/datefmt";
-    description = "A tool that formats timestamps in text streams";
+    description = "Tool that formats timestamps in text streams";
     platforms = platforms.all;
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ jb55 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/dateutils/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/dateutils/default.nix
index 60219070d96a0..fa042b55ad522 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/dateutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/dateutils/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   doCheck = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A bunch of tools that revolve around fiddling with dates and times in the command line";
+    description = "Bunch of tools that revolve around fiddling with dates and times in the command line";
     homepage = "http://www.fresse.org/dateutils/";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/ddccontrol/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/ddccontrol/default.nix
index 630b06bcfb3ce..5886d2e18318c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/ddccontrol/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/ddccontrol/default.nix
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A program used to control monitor parameters by software";
+    description = "Program used to control monitor parameters by software";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ddccontrol/ddccontrol";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/didyoumean/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/didyoumean/default.nix
index d7671cf08bbe7..c3a04d289d559 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/didyoumean/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/didyoumean/default.nix
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A CLI spelling corrector for when you're unsure";
+    description = "CLI spelling corrector for when you're unsure";
     homepage = "https://github.com/hisbaan/didyoumean";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ evanjs wegank ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/direnv/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/direnv/default.nix
index 4bb9d9bacaff2..033f73249f0b9 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/direnv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/direnv/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A shell extension that manages your environment";
+    description = "Shell extension that manages your environment";
     longDescription = ''
       Once hooked into your shell direnv is looking for an .envrc file in your
       current directory before every prompt.
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/discocss/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/discocss/default.nix
index b930338c29f4d..102b75aee71f3 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/discocss/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/discocss/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tiny Discord css-injector";
+    description = "Tiny Discord css-injector";
     changelog = "https://github.com/mlvzk/discocss/releases/tag/v${version}";
     homepage = "https://github.com/mlvzk/discocss";
     license = licenses.mpl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/diskus/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/diskus/default.nix
index cfbcfdcca6ebb..b63532216a998 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/diskus/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/diskus/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   cargoSha256 = "sha256-qNXv6Z9sKl7rol78UTOSRFML/JCGfOJMGOdt49KHD50=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A minimal, fast alternative to 'du -sh'";
+    description = "Minimal, fast alternative to 'du -sh'";
     homepage = "https://github.com/sharkdp/diskus";
     license = with licenses; [ asl20 /* or */ mit ];
     maintainers = [ maintainers.fuerbringer ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/dmg2img/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/dmg2img/default.nix
index 7f9c41cda32c0..8b1e997ff7367 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/dmg2img/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/dmg2img/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
-    description = "An Apple's compressed dmg to standard (hfsplus) image disk file convert tool";
+    description = "Apple's compressed dmg to standard (hfsplus) image disk file convert tool";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/dotter/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/dotter/default.nix
index bcabb2ef8aac6..48d89dd86b339 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/dotter/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/dotter/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A dotfile manager and templater written in rust 🦀";
+    description = "Dotfile manager and templater written in rust 🦀";
     homepage = "https://github.com/SuperCuber/dotter";
     license = licenses.unlicense;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ linsui ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/dtach/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/dtach/default.nix
index 226c7335f2645..4629715d434da 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/dtach/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/dtach/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://dtach.sourceforge.net/";
-    description = "A program that emulates the detach feature of screen";
+    description = "Program that emulates the detach feature of screen";
 
     longDescription = ''
       dtach is a tiny program that emulates the detach feature of
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/dtool/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/dtool/default.nix
index 8fdb2f533d47f..8b4349dbb59ac 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/dtool/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/dtool/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   checkType = "debug";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A command-line tool collection to assist development written in RUST";
+    description = "Command-line tool collection to assist development written in RUST";
     homepage = "https://github.com/guoxbin/dtool";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ linuxissuper ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/dua/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/dua/default.nix
index 22ae9a7a64310..ae79aa4985780 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/dua/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/dua/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool to conveniently learn about the disk usage of directories";
+    description = "Tool to conveniently learn about the disk usage of directories";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Byron/dua-cli";
     changelog = "https://github.com/Byron/dua-cli/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = with licenses; [ mit ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/dutree/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/dutree/default.nix
index fe47997296e87..f9fc1afa18d2b 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/dutree/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/dutree/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   cargoSha256 = "0gg1w0xx36aswfm0y53nqwwz7zds25ysmklbrc8v2r91j74bhkzw";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool to analyze file system usage written in Rust";
+    description = "Tool to analyze file system usage written in Rust";
     homepage = "https://github.com/nachoparker/dutree";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ figsoda ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/dwt1-shell-color-scripts/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/dwt1-shell-color-scripts/default.nix
index e7c7287b5311a..25e5d44752307 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/dwt1-shell-color-scripts/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/dwt1-shell-color-scripts/default.nix
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://gitlab.com/dwt1/shell-color-scripts";
-    description = "A collection of shell color scripts collected by dt (Derek Taylor)";
+    description = "Collection of shell color scripts collected by dt (Derek Taylor)";
     license = with lib.licenses; [ mit ];
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/easeprobe/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/easeprobe/default.nix
index 70181956339c0..314149003a15c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/easeprobe/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/easeprobe/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple, standalone, and lightweight tool that can do health/status checking, written in Go";
+    description = "Simple, standalone, and lightweight tool that can do health/status checking, written in Go";
     homepage = "https://github.com/megaease/easeprobe";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ dit7ya ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/eludris/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/eludris/default.nix
index e3fc67fcacb0e..e0762d179ec08 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/eludris/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/eludris/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple CLI to help you with setting up and managing your Eludris instance";
+    description = "Simple CLI to help you with setting up and managing your Eludris instance";
     mainProgram = "eludris";
     homepage = "https://github.com/eludris/eludris/tree/main/cli";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/empty/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/empty/default.nix
index 29dfa606dd44e..cfe8ed67cd94e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/empty/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/empty/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://empty.sourceforge.net";
-    description = "A simple tool to automate interactive terminal applications";
+    description = "Simple tool to automate interactive terminal applications";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     platforms = platforms.all;
     longDescription = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/encpipe/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/encpipe/default.nix
index f3ab870b0f05e..c48fa9d162f43 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/encpipe/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/encpipe/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An encryption tool";
+    description = "Encryption tool";
     homepage = "https://github.com/jedisct1/encpipe";
     license = licenses.isc;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ figsoda ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/eva/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/eva/default.nix
index b15957a909a88..3d07baeb59036 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/eva/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/eva/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   cargoSha256 = "sha256-gnym2sedyzQzubOtj64Yoh+sKT+sa60w/Z72hby7Pms=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A calculator REPL, similar to bc";
+    description = "Calculator REPL, similar to bc";
     homepage = "https://github.com/NerdyPepper/eva";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ nrdxp ma27 figsoda ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/expect/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/expect/default.nix
index e2457ad63e137..543400380162d 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/expect/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/expect/default.nix
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ tcl.mkTclDerivation rec {
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool for automating interactive applications";
+    description = "Tool for automating interactive applications";
     homepage = "https://expect.sourceforge.net/";
     license = licenses.publicDomain;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/faketty/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/faketty/default.nix
index 76baf0edd1167..dc48382945c9e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/faketty/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/faketty/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A wrapper to execute a command in a pty, even if redirecting the output";
+    description = "Wrapper to execute a command in a pty, even if redirecting the output";
     homepage = "https://github.com/dtolnay/faketty";
     changelog = "https://github.com/dtolnay/faketty/releases/tag/${version}";
     license = with licenses; [ asl20 /* or */ mit ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/fcp/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/fcp/default.nix
index 61db506bc1aed..dd7035e19c285 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/fcp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/fcp/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A significantly faster alternative to the classic Unix cp(1) command";
+    description = "Significantly faster alternative to the classic Unix cp(1) command";
     homepage = "https://github.com/svetlitski/fcp";
     changelog = "https://github.com/svetlitski/fcp/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/fd/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/fd/default.nix
index f203e48816166..2ec3106a01892 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/fd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/fd/default.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to find";
+    description = "Simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to find";
     longDescription = ''
       `fd` is a simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to `find`.
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/fdtools/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/fdtools/default.nix
index 0815ae04d623b..e0dc8ea17fe72 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/fdtools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/fdtools/default.nix
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://code.dogmap.org/fdtools/";
-    description = "A set of utilities for working with file descriptors";
+    description = "Set of utilities for working with file descriptors";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.Profpatsch ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/fedifetcher/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/fedifetcher/default.nix
index ac34847ab2341..579cabc0b0de7 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/fedifetcher/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/fedifetcher/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool for Mastodon that automatically fetches missing replies and posts from other fediverse instances";
+    description = "Tool for Mastodon that automatically fetches missing replies and posts from other fediverse instances";
     longDescription = ''
       FediFetcher is a tool for Mastodon that automatically fetches missing
       replies and posts from other fediverse instances, and adds them to your
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/fet-sh/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/fet-sh/default.nix
index 689eb0395f40a..3a95451d00162 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/fet-sh/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/fet-sh/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A fetch written in posix shell without any external commands";
+    description = "Fetch written in posix shell without any external commands";
     homepage = "https://github.com/6gk/fet.sh";
     license = licenses.isc;
     platforms = platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/fetchutils/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/fetchutils/default.nix
index d1c830f877d63..b4ab650ecaafb 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/fetchutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/fetchutils/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A collection of small shell utilities to fetch system information";
+    description = "Collection of small shell utilities to fetch system information";
     homepage = "https://github.com/lptstr/fetchutils";
     license = licenses.mit;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/file/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/file/default.nix
index 8cff5ccd70afb..e57ce249de0e4 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/file/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/file/default.nix
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://darwinsys.com/file";
-    description = "A program that shows the type of files";
+    description = "Program that shows the type of files";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ doronbehar ];
     license = licenses.bsd2;
     pkgConfigModules = [ "libmagic" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/fileschanged/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/fileschanged/default.nix
index 5644a01fa75a0..bb0898a5d37f8 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/fileschanged/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/fileschanged/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://www.nongnu.org/fileschanged/";
-    description = "A command-line utility that reports when files have been altered";
+    description = "Command-line utility that reports when files have been altered";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
 
     longDescription = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/flitter/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/flitter/default.nix
index 958c5ebc32097..6b092b35be8ca 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/flitter/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/flitter/default.nix
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ ocamlPackages.buildDunePackage {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Livesplit-inspired speedrunning split timer for Linux/macOS terminal";
+    description = "Livesplit-inspired speedrunning split timer for Linux/macOS terminal";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ fgaz ];
     homepage = "https://github.com/alexozer/flitter";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/flowgger/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/flowgger/default.nix
index 8a37717257eb3..83d709637b1dd 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/flowgger/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/flowgger/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/awslabs/flowgger";
-    description = "A fast, simple and lightweight data collector written in Rust";
+    description = "Fast, simple and lightweight data collector written in Rust";
     license = licenses.bsd2;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [];
     mainProgram = "flowgger";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/fltrdr/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/fltrdr/default.nix
index 25cbf80593357..db7cd2afffced 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/fltrdr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/fltrdr/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://octobanana.com/software/fltrdr";
-    description = "A TUI text reader for the terminal";
+    description = "TUI text reader for the terminal";
 
     longDescription = ''
       Fltrdr, or flat-reader, is an interactive text reader for the terminal. It
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/fluentd/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/fluentd/default.nix
index 18752acb98d46..de21fe7dadefd 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/fluentd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/fluentd/default.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ bundlerEnv {
   passthru.tests.fluentd = nixosTests.fluentd;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A data collector";
+    description = "Data collector";
     homepage    = "https://www.fluentd.org/";
     license     = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ offline nicknovitski ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/foma/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/foma/default.nix
index aecc13f88e250..8c83d33ee359c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/foma/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/foma/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A multi-purpose finite-state toolkit designed for applications ranging from natural language processing to research in automata theory";
+    description = "Multi-purpose finite-state toolkit designed for applications ranging from natural language processing to research in automata theory";
     homepage = "https://github.com/mhulden/foma";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.tckmn ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/fontforge/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/fontforge/default.nix
index d7a083baaf77c..aed9b33584b66 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/fontforge/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/fontforge/default.nix
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A font editor";
+    description = "Font editor";
     homepage = "https://fontforge.github.io";
     platforms = platforms.all;
     license = licenses.bsd3;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/fortune/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/fortune/default.nix
index 516cfc201eb8a..58928b4bf7ad4 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/fortune/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/fortune/default.nix
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     mainProgram = "fortune";
-    description = "A program that displays a pseudorandom message from a database of quotations";
+    description = "Program that displays a pseudorandom message from a database of quotations";
     license = licenses.bsdOriginal;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ vonfry ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/fre/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/fre/default.nix
index 807529f200dc4..6953a630eb4e3 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/fre/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/fre/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   cargoHash = "sha256-BEIrjHsIrNkFEEjCrTKwsJL9hptmVOI8x3ZWoo9ZUvQ=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A CLI tool for tracking your most-used directories and files";
+    description = "CLI tool for tracking your most-used directories and files";
     homepage = "https://github.com/camdencheek/fre";
     changelog = "https://github.com/camdencheek/fre/blob/${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = with licenses; [ mit ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/freshfetch/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/freshfetch/default.nix
index 0723c18048b97..40119d9f0b3df 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/freshfetch/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/freshfetch/default.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A fresh take on neofetch";
+    description = "Fresh take on neofetch";
     homepage = "https://github.com/k4rakara/freshfetch";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ figsoda ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/fsearch/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/fsearch/default.nix
index 933daaf3df51a..43902b5d99ca6 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/fsearch/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/fsearch/default.nix
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A fast file search utility for Unix-like systems based on GTK+3";
+    description = "Fast file search utility for Unix-like systems based on GTK+3";
     homepage = "https://github.com/cboxdoerfer/fsearch.git";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ artturin ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/fsrx/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/fsrx/default.nix
index 63f3b9728f1e0..846b600d8e998 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/fsrx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/fsrx/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A flow state reader in the terminal";
+    description = "Flow state reader in the terminal";
     homepage = "https://github.com/thatvegandev/fsrx";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ MoritzBoehme ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/fw/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/fw/default.nix
index 54d263fc112fb..5483bc872d4a0 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/fw/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/fw/default.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A workspace productivity booster";
+    description = "Workspace productivity booster";
     homepage = "https://github.com/brocode/fw";
     license = licenses.wtfpl;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ figsoda ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/fzy/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/fzy/default.nix
index b7186e08d3dbb..ea78b6c963d4d 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/fzy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/fzy/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A better fuzzy finder";
+    description = "Better fuzzy finder";
     homepage = "https://github.com/jhawthorn/fzy";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ dywedir ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/g933-utils/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/g933-utils/default.nix
index de084fb74bf44..c4532419f1034 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/g933-utils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/g933-utils/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   buildInputs = [ udev ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An application to configure Logitech wireless G933/G533 headsets";
+    description = "Application to configure Logitech wireless G933/G533 headsets";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ashkitten/g933-utils";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ seqizz ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/getoptions/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/getoptions/default.nix
index 9860430515e4e..dc9bae451750b 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/getoptions/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/getoptions/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
   checkTarget = "testall";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An elegant option/argument parser for shell scripts (full support for bash and all POSIX shells)";
+    description = "Elegant option/argument parser for shell scripts (full support for bash and all POSIX shells)";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ko1nksm/getoptions";
     license = licenses.cc0;
     platforms = platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/gibo/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/gibo/default.nix
index edd166f00f565..d037059fd4e3b 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/gibo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/gibo/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/simonwhitaker/gibo";
     license = lib.licenses.publicDomain;
-    description = "A shell script for easily accessing gitignore boilerplates";
+    description = "Shell script for easily accessing gitignore boilerplates";
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
     mainProgram = "gibo";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/github-copilot-cli/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/github-copilot-cli/default.nix
index 644f3f983b8ea..821a36f75f205 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/github-copilot-cli/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/github-copilot-cli/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ buildNpmPackage rec {
   dontNpmBuild = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A CLI experience for letting GitHub Copilot help you on the command line";
+    description = "CLI experience for letting GitHub Copilot help you on the command line";
     homepage = "https://githubnext.com/projects/copilot-cli/";
     license = licenses.unfree; # upstream has no license
     maintainers = [ maintainers.malo ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/gitrs/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/gitrs/default.nix
index 4ce36855ef67c..f6a49fe850cef 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/gitrs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/gitrs/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple, opinionated, tool, written in Rust, for declaratively managing Git repos on your machine";
+    description = "Simple, opinionated, tool, written in Rust, for declaratively managing Git repos on your machine";
     homepage = "https://github.com/mccurdyc/gitrs";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ mccurdyc ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/go-ios/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/go-ios/default.nix
index a5f204c9d04d9..0cf946ae43e57 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/go-ios/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/go-ios/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An operating system independent implementation of iOS device features";
+    description = "Operating system independent implementation of iOS device features";
     homepage = "https://github.com/danielpaulus/go-ios";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ eyjhb ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/go.rice/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/go.rice/default.nix
index 3ee268f2a8292..4c3fd6ef4c068 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/go.rice/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/go.rice/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   subPackages = [ "." "rice" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Go package that makes working with resources such as html, js, css, images, templates very easy";
+    description = "Go package that makes working with resources such as html, js, css, images, templates very easy";
     homepage = "https://github.com/GeertJohan/go.rice";
     license = licenses.bsd2;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ blaggacao ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/gotify-cli/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/gotify-cli/default.nix
index 296f3d19a88d4..4675789c59149 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/gotify-cli/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/gotify-cli/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     license = licenses.mit;
     homepage = "https://github.com/gotify/cli";
-    description = "A command line interface for pushing messages to gotify/server";
+    description = "Command line interface for pushing messages to gotify/server";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
     mainProgram = "gotify";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/gradescope-submit/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/gradescope-submit/default.nix
index 89e7dc89438c8..54ae4b4583822 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/gradescope-submit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/gradescope-submit/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ ocamlPackages.buildDunePackage rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A small script to submit to Gradescope via GitHub";
+    description = "Small script to submit to Gradescope via GitHub";
     homepage = "https://github.com/nmittu/gradescope-submit";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ figsoda ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/grass-sass/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/grass-sass/default.nix
index 88a2e9676e2ef..e8c788169b619 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/grass-sass/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/grass-sass/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Sass compiler written purely in Rust";
+    description = "Sass compiler written purely in Rust";
     homepage = "https://github.com/connorskees/grass";
     changelog = "https://github.com/connorskees/grass/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#${replaceStrings [ "." ] [ "" ] version}";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/graylog/plugins.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/graylog/plugins.nix
index 7907a4c9a2256..3f5229549c8d2 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/graylog/plugins.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/graylog/plugins.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ in {
     };
     meta = {
       homepage = "https://github.com/cvtienhoven/graylog-plugin-aggregates";
-      description = "A plugin that enables users to execute term searches and get notified when the given criteria are met";
+      description = "Plugin that enables users to execute term searches and get notified when the given criteria are met";
     };
   };
   auth_sso = glPlugin rec {
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ in {
     '';
     meta = {
       homepage = "https://github.com/Graylog2/graylog-plugin-integrations";
-      description = "A collection of open source Graylog integrations that will be released together";
+      description = "Collection of open source Graylog integrations that will be released together";
     };
   };
   internal-logs = glPlugin rec {
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ in {
     };
     meta = {
       homepage = "https://github.com/graylog-labs/graylog-plugin-ipanonymizer";
-      description = "A graylog-server plugin that replaces the last octet of IP addresses in messages with xxx";
+      description = "Graylog-server plugin that replaces the last octet of IP addresses in messages with xxx";
     };
   };
   jabber = glPlugin rec {
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ in {
     };
     meta = {
       homepage = "https://github.com/graylog-labs/graylog-plugin-metrics";
-      description = "An output plugin for integrating Graphite, Ganglia and StatsD with Graylog";
+      description = "Output plugin for integrating Graphite, Ganglia and StatsD with Graylog";
     };
   };
   mongodb-profiler = glPlugin rec {
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ in {
     };
     meta = {
       homepage = "https://github.com/graylog-labs/graylog-plugin-pagerduty";
-      description = "An alarm callback plugin for integrating PagerDuty into Graylog";
+      description = "Alarm callback plugin for integrating PagerDuty into Graylog";
     };
   };
   redis = glPlugin rec {
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ in {
     };
     meta = {
       homepage = "https://github.com/graylog-labs/graylog-plugin-twiliosms";
-      description = "An alarm callback plugin for integrating the Twilio SMS API into Graylog";
+      description = "Alarm callback plugin for integrating the Twilio SMS API into Graylog";
     };
   };
   twitter = glPlugin rec {
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/grc/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/grc/default.nix
index e8f4282fb1937..e080918f4c96a 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/grc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/grc/default.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "http://kassiopeia.juls.savba.sk/~garabik/software/grc.html";
-    description = "A generic text colouriser";
+    description = "Generic text colouriser";
     longDescription = ''
       Generic Colouriser is yet another colouriser (written in Python) for
       beautifying your logfiles or output of commands.
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/grex/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/grex/default.nix
index d68deba131ffc..2697c6b3febee 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/grex/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/grex/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A command-line tool for generating regular expressions from user-provided test cases";
+    description = "Command-line tool for generating regular expressions from user-provided test cases";
     homepage = "https://github.com/pemistahl/grex";
     changelog = "https://github.com/pemistahl/grex/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = licenses.asl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/grit/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/grit/default.nix
index 448224c9e9ad7..991aa2135ff59 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/grit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/grit/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     broken = stdenv.isDarwin;
-    description = "A multitree-based personal task manager";
+    description = "Multitree-based personal task manager";
     homepage = "https://github.com/climech/grit";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.ivar ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/grizzly/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/grizzly/default.nix
index ed5c67d95c245..af80a479ba7f5 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/grizzly/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/grizzly/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   subPackages = [ "cmd/grr" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A utility for managing Jsonnet dashboards against the Grafana API";
+    description = "Utility for managing Jsonnet dashboards against the Grafana API";
     homepage = "https://grafana.github.io/grizzly/";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ nrhtr ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/gtkterm/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/gtkterm/default.nix
index 7dac20b72c478..5ec61bb70f503 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/gtkterm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/gtkterm/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple, graphical serial port terminal emulator";
+    description = "Simple, graphical serial port terminal emulator";
     homepage = "https://github.com/wvdakker/gtkterm";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     longDescription = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/h5utils/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/h5utils/default.nix
index 705ac56f5baf9..90f9b48dd1182 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/h5utils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/h5utils/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ optional (libmatheval != null) libmatheval;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A set of utilities for visualization and conversion of scientific data in the free, portable HDF5 format";
+    description = "Set of utilities for visualization and conversion of scientific data in the free, portable HDF5 format";
     homepage = "https://github.com/stevengj/h5utils";
     changelog = "https://github.com/NanoComp/h5utils/releases/tag/${version}";
     license = with licenses; [ mit gpl2Plus ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/hackertyper/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/hackertyper/default.nix
index da9af1eca922f..0428a38cfeb5c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/hackertyper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/hackertyper/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A C rewrite of hackertyper.net";
+    description = "C rewrite of hackertyper.net";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Hurricane996/Hackertyper";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.marius851000 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/halp/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/halp/default.nix
index e88e23f7cfe7c..e036336eb10ce 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/halp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/halp/default.nix
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A CLI tool to get help with CLI tools";
+    description = "CLI tool to get help with CLI tools";
     homepage = "https://github.com/orhun/halp";
     changelog = "https://github.com/orhun/halp/blob/${src.rev}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = with licenses; [ asl20 mit ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/hashit/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/hashit/default.nix
index ecd7aaf5cdcc4..5e9f07700dc28 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/hashit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/hashit/default.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple app for checking usual checksums - Designed for elementary OS";
+    description = "Simple app for checking usual checksums - Designed for elementary OS";
     homepage = "https://github.com/artemanufrij/hashit";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = teams.pantheon.members;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/hashpump/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/hashpump/default.nix
index 11b0650d849d7..cdb153f2c0802 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/hashpump/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/hashpump/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A tool to exploit the hash length extension attack in various hashing algorithms";
+    description = "Tool to exploit the hash length extension attack in various hashing algorithms";
     homepage = "https://github.com/bwall/HashPump";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ t4ccer ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/heatseeker/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/heatseeker/default.nix
index 210e184e9d4a9..388a40f2832b8 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/heatseeker/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/heatseeker/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   TRAVIS = "true";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A general-purpose fuzzy selector";
+    description = "General-purpose fuzzy selector";
     homepage = "https://github.com/rschmitt/heatseeker";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/hebcal/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/hebcal/default.nix
index ef1686c20cb44..d8a2b3b7295b8 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/hebcal/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/hebcal/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://hebcal.github.io";
-    description = "A perpetual Jewish Calendar";
+    description = "Perpetual Jewish Calendar";
     longDescription = "Hebcal is a program which prints out the days in the Jewish calendar for a given Gregorian year. Hebcal is fairly flexible in terms of which events in the Jewish calendar it displays.";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.hhm ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/heimdall/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/heimdall/default.nix
index 422363ef418ab..ce56a4f4057b1 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/heimdall/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/heimdall/default.nix
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     broken = stdenv.isDarwin;
     homepage = "http://www.glassechidna.com.au/products/heimdall/";
-    description = "A cross-platform tool suite to flash firmware onto Samsung Galaxy S devices";
+    description = "Cross-platform tool suite to flash firmware onto Samsung Galaxy S devices";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ peterhoeg ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/hexdiff/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/hexdiff/default.nix
index 937a07bee78bc..9ee711e7457ea 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/hexdiff/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/hexdiff/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/ahroach/hexdiff";
-    description = "A terminal application for differencing two binary files, with color-coded output";
+    description = "Terminal application for differencing two binary files, with color-coded output";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ rogarb ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/hexyl/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/hexyl/default.nix
index fa68fb4a2d439..5f72c7a702f3a 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/hexyl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/hexyl/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   cargoHash = "sha256-fXrdOiCmRgMPJxZIS/SkTkZZkag8ZUhNnMlU4k1m/+0=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A command-line hex viewer";
+    description = "Command-line hex viewer";
     longDescription = ''
       `hexyl` is a simple hex viewer for the terminal. It uses a colored
       output to distinguish different categories of bytes (NULL bytes,
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/hid-listen/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/hid-listen/default.nix
index 62c2d7beb2ff5..d126bb9e850fb 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/hid-listen/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/hid-listen/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool thats prints debugging information from usb HID devices";
+    description = "Tool thats prints debugging information from usb HID devices";
     homepage = "https://www.pjrc.com/teensy/hid_listen.html";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ tomsmeets ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/hostsblock/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/hostsblock/default.nix
index 0346c81c66dbc..96eac13b76a48 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/hostsblock/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/hostsblock/default.nix
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An ad- and malware-blocking script for Linux";
+    description = "Ad- and malware-blocking script for Linux";
     homepage = "http://gaenserich.github.io/hostsblock/";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.nicknovitski ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/html-proofer/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/html-proofer/default.nix
index cc4f6f69f2633..e15476cca08c5 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/html-proofer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/html-proofer/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ bundlerEnv rec {
   passthru.updateScript = bundlerUpdateScript pname;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool to validate HTML files";
+    description = "Tool to validate HTML files";
     homepage    = "https://github.com/gjtorikian/html-proofer";
     license     = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/ink/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/ink/default.nix
index 6932d04c8d6ca..6e46240b64d62 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/ink/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/ink/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   outputs = [ "out" "man" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A command line tool for checking the ink level of your locally connected printer";
+    description = "Command line tool for checking the ink level of your locally connected printer";
     longDescription = ''
       Ink is a command line tool for checking the ink level of your locally connected printer on a system which runs Linux or FreeBSD. Canon BJNP network printers are supported too.
     '';
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/inklingreader/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/inklingreader/default.nix
index efe1eeb34aebc..55596ba489992 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/inklingreader/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/inklingreader/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/roelj/inklingreader";
-    description = "A GNU/Linux-friendly version of the Wacom Inkling SketchManager";
+    description = "GNU/Linux-friendly version of the Wacom Inkling SketchManager";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ totoroot ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/interactsh/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/interactsh/default.nix
index 894bf14457234..a2c31aae9fe99 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/interactsh/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/interactsh/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An Out of bounds interaction gathering server and client library";
+    description = "Out of bounds interaction gathering server and client library";
     longDescription = ''
       Interactsh is an Open-Source Solution for Out of band Data Extraction,
       A tool designed to detect bugs that cause external interactions,
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/ipbt/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/ipbt/default.nix
index 3b9b6d1496ee3..66369d9833948 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/ipbt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/ipbt/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ ncurses ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A high-tech ttyrec player for Unix";
+    description = "High-tech ttyrec player for Unix";
     homepage = "https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/ipbt/";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.tckmn ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/ised/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/ised/default.nix
index 9f6b716b42930..ee07ccc23e1ee 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/ised/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/ised/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A numeric sequence editor";
+    description = "Numeric sequence editor";
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ raskin ];
     platforms = with lib.platforms; linux;
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/isoimagewriter/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/isoimagewriter/default.nix
index 1ffb0f51db510..66cad815a2c75 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/isoimagewriter/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/isoimagewriter/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A program to write hybrid ISO files onto USB disks";
+    description = "Program to write hybrid ISO files onto USB disks";
     homepage = "https://invent.kde.org/utilities/isoimagewriter";
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/jdiskreport/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/jdiskreport/default.nix
index 6490d68ce0b77..b8e983ea91bdb 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/jdiskreport/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/jdiskreport/default.nix
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "http://www.jgoodies.com/freeware/jdiskreport/";
-    description = "A graphical utility to visualize disk usage";
+    description = "Graphical utility to visualize disk usage";
     sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryBytecode ];
     license = licenses.unfreeRedistributable; #TODO freedist, libs under BSD-3
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" "x86_64-darwin" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/jdupes/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/jdupes/default.nix
index 8e29307ad24a0..9d311a30d0fb9 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/jdupes/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/jdupes/default.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A powerful duplicate file finder and an enhanced fork of 'fdupes'";
+    description = "Powerful duplicate file finder and an enhanced fork of 'fdupes'";
     longDescription = ''
       jdupes is a program for identifying and taking actions upon
       duplicate files. This fork known as 'jdupes' is heavily modified
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/jstest-gtk/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/jstest-gtk/default.nix
index 1b201396b7ad7..8fb45330e124d 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/jstest-gtk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/jstest-gtk/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ gtkmm3 libsigcxx xorg.libX11 ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple joystick tester based on Gtk+";
+    description = "Simple joystick tester based on Gtk+";
     longDescription = ''
       It provides you with a list of attached joysticks, a way to display which
       buttons and axis are pressed, a way to remap axis and buttons and a way
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/jugglinglab/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/jugglinglab/default.nix
index ee2f4cbfc7e5e..f8f7a3fb37fdf 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/jugglinglab/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/jugglinglab/default.nix
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ maven.buildMavenPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A program to visualize different juggling pattens";
+    description = "Program to visualize different juggling pattens";
     homepage = "https://jugglinglab.org/";
     license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     mainProgram = "jugglinglab";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/kakoune-cr/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/kakoune-cr/default.nix
index 9a9fa5c9162a1..8a8eb55d65e6c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/kakoune-cr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/kakoune-cr/default.nix
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ crystal.buildCrystalPackage rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/alexherbo2/kakoune.cr";
-    description = "A command-line tool for Kakoune";
+    description = "Command-line tool for Kakoune";
     license = licenses.unlicense;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ malte-v ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/kalker/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/kalker/default.nix
index ef152524da7ad..9c96d7a9c6635 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/kalker/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/kalker/default.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://kalker.strct.net";
     changelog = "https://github.com/PaddiM8/kalker/releases/tag/v${version}";
-    description = "A command line calculator";
+    description = "Command line calculator";
     longDescription = ''
       A command line calculator that supports math-like syntax with user-defined
       variables, functions, derivation, integration, and complex numbers
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/kargo/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/kargo/default.nix
index 2097d47aa1ba2..5945ce4d4fe25 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/kargo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/kargo/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/kubespray/kargo-cli";
-    description = "A tool helps to deploy a kubernetes cluster with Ansible";
+    description = "Tool helps to deploy a kubernetes cluster with Ansible";
     platforms = platforms.all;
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/kb/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/kb/default.nix
index 85a72adebcddc..f3de66d7612f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/kb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/kb/default.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A minimalist command line knowledge base manager";
+    description = "Minimalist command line knowledge base manager";
     longDescription = ''
       kb is a text-oriented minimalist command line knowledge base manager. kb
       can be considered a quick note collection and access tool oriented toward
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/kcollectd/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/kcollectd/default.nix
index dc45a18fe3dda..c46fdcd74ec4b 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/kcollectd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/kcollectd/default.nix
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A graphical frontend to collectd";
+    description = "Graphical frontend to collectd";
     homepage = "https://www.antonioerusso.com/projects/kcollectd/";
     maintainers = [ maintainers.symphorien ];
     license = [ lib.licenses.gpl3Plus ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/keymapviz/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/keymapviz/default.nix
index 6ed68a43b31f2..22b361b3c94ae 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/keymapviz/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/keymapviz/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   propagatedBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; [ regex ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A qmk keymap.c visualizer";
+    description = "Qmk keymap.c visualizer";
     homepage = "https://github.com/yskoht/keymapviz";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ lom ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/killport/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/killport/default.nix
index d043385f2069e..24f66a8b497fa 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/killport/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/killport/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ rustPlatform.bindgenHook ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A command-line tool to easily kill processes running on a specified port";
+    description = "Command-line tool to easily kill processes running on a specified port";
     homepage = "https://github.com/jkfran/killport";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ sno2wman ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/kronometer/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/kronometer/default.nix
index 6e303ddfc983e..a9a769e7ce0ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/kronometer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/kronometer/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://kde.org/applications/utilities/kronometer/";
-    description = "A stopwatch application";
+    description = "Stopwatch application";
     license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ peterhoeg ];
     mainProgram = "kronometer";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/krunner-translator/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/krunner-translator/default.nix
index c97428b9469c9..e500b7c1ddea8 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/krunner-translator/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/krunner-translator/default.nix
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A plugin for KRunner which integrates a translator, supports Google Translate, Bing Translator, youdao and Baidu Fanyi";
+    description = "Plugin for KRunner which integrates a translator, supports Google Translate, Bing Translator, youdao and Baidu Fanyi";
     homepage = "https://github.com/naraesk/krunner-translator";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ pongo1231 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/lazycli/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/lazycli/default.nix
index 70b5f345690ee..1522a937ffb86 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/lazycli/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/lazycli/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool to static turn CLI commands into TUIs";
+    description = "Tool to static turn CLI commands into TUIs";
     homepage = "https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazycli";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ figsoda ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/lazydocker/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/lazydocker/default.nix
index 9c6f4481c9e08..08ddc37ca977a 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/lazydocker/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/lazydocker/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple terminal UI for both docker and docker-compose";
+    description = "Simple terminal UI for both docker and docker-compose";
     homepage = "https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazydocker";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ das-g Br1ght0ne ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/ledit/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/ledit/default.nix
index e6470ea3fb8c2..a9ef90a48bf3b 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/ledit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/ledit/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "http://pauillac.inria.fr/~ddr/ledit/";
-    description = "A line editor, allowing to use shell commands with control characters like in emacs";
+    description = "Line editor, allowing to use shell commands with control characters like in emacs";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.delta ];
     mainProgram = "ledit";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/lektor/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/lektor/default.nix
index 129e5e41851c1..84c4042912bd3 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/lektor/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/lektor/default.nix
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A static content management system";
+    description = "Static content management system";
     homepage = "https://www.getlektor.com/";
     changelog = "https://github.com/lektor/lektor/blob/v${version}/CHANGES.md";
     license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/lemmeknow/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/lemmeknow/default.nix
index aa5c3786831a8..8c119a350a92a 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/lemmeknow/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/lemmeknow/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   cargoHash = "sha256-slV9RxdFCEx1El7hngWGv+5CqDSQsU2ACF2nWQLOTU0=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool to identify anything";
+    description = "Tool to identify anything";
     homepage = "https://github.com/swanandx/lemmeknow";
     changelog = "https://github.com/swanandx/lemmeknow/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/lemmy-help/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/lemmy-help/default.nix
index 8c0f7110226e5..2e4126db38f8d 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/lemmy-help/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/lemmy-help/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   cargoSha256 = "sha256-BCwpiBPvnLgbpOaXgUK2EDXnT8d4jo7aqgM6uwl80eg=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A CLI for generating vim help docs from emmylua comments";
+    description = "CLI for generating vim help docs from emmylua comments";
     longDescription = ''
       `lemmy-help` is an emmylua parser as well as a CLI which takes that parsed tree and converts it into vim help docs.
     '';
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/lesspipe/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/lesspipe/default.nix
index 9922573d3e933..b29026eb9724f 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/lesspipe/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/lesspipe/default.nix
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A preprocessor for less";
+    description = "Preprocessor for less";
     longDescription = ''
       Usually lesspipe.sh is called as an input filter to less. With the help
       of that filter less will display the uncompressed contents of compressed
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/lifecycled/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/lifecycled/default.nix
index 728424f8d89e8..f4148b6316c28 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/lifecycled/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/lifecycled/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A daemon for responding to AWS AutoScaling Lifecycle Hooks";
+    description = "Daemon for responding to AWS AutoScaling Lifecycle Hooks";
     homepage = "https://github.com/buildkite/lifecycled/";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ cole-h grahamc ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/limitcpu/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/limitcpu/default.nix
index 168abdd56ba88..4d8b14229ac23 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/limitcpu/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/limitcpu/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://limitcpu.sourceforge.net/";
-    description = "A tool to throttle the CPU usage of programs";
+    description = "Tool to throttle the CPU usage of programs";
     platforms = with platforms; linux ++ freebsd;
     license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = [maintainers.rycee];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/lipl/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/lipl/default.nix
index 1f6b8437af301..8d9d294f3edd7 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/lipl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/lipl/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A command line tool to analyse the output over time of custom shell commands";
+    description = "Command line tool to analyse the output over time of custom shell commands";
     homepage = "https://github.com/yxdunc/lipl";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ figsoda ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/lolcat/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/lolcat/default.nix
index a10c81416053d..b56606d21d5df 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/lolcat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/lolcat/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ bundlerApp {
   passthru.updateScript = bundlerUpdateScript "lolcat";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A rainbow version of cat";
+    description = "Rainbow version of cat";
     homepage    = "https://github.com/busyloop/lolcat";
     license     = licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ StillerHarpo manveru nicknovitski ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/lwc/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/lwc/default.nix
index 77e6d5033f31e..9d22151405df3 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/lwc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/lwc/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A live-updating version of the UNIX wc command";
+    description = "Live-updating version of the UNIX wc command";
     homepage = "https://github.com/timdp/lwc";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ figsoda ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/macchina/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/macchina/default.nix
index 3da4d9b07fbb3..036d500f6b65f 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/macchina/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/macchina/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A fast, minimal and customizable system information fetcher";
+    description = "Fast, minimal and customizable system information fetcher";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Macchina-CLI/macchina";
     changelog = "https://github.com/Macchina-CLI/macchina/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = with licenses; [ mit ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/man-db/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/man-db/default.nix
index 59450f5c360ed..9e717cad275ab 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/man-db/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/man-db/default.nix
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "http://man-db.nongnu.org";
-    description = "An implementation of the standard Unix documentation system accessed using the man command";
+    description = "Implementation of the standard Unix documentation system accessed using the man command";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
     mainProgram = "man";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/mastotool/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/mastotool/default.nix
index a75f97c4a6ece..eb5e64573225e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/mastotool/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/mastotool/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   ldflags = [ "-s" "-w" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A collection of command-line tools to work with your Mastodon account";
+    description = "Collection of command-line tools to work with your Mastodon account";
     homepage = "https://github.com/muesli/mastotool";
     changelog = "https://github.com/muesli/mastotool/releases/tag/${src.rev}";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/mbuffer/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/mbuffer/default.nix
index 672f2eb9298ab..177e70dd574cb 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/mbuffer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/mbuffer/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   doCheck = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description  = "A tool for buffering data streams with a large set of unique features";
+    description  = "Tool for buffering data streams with a large set of unique features";
     homepage = "https://www.maier-komor.de/mbuffer.html";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/mcfly/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/mcfly/default.nix
index ac36807d289c3..adcbfa7db8267 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/mcfly/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/mcfly/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/cantino/mcfly";
-    description = "An upgraded ctrl-r where history results make sense for what you're working on right now";
+    description = "Upgraded ctrl-r where history results make sense for what you're working on right now";
     changelog = "https://github.com/cantino/mcfly/raw/v${version}/CHANGELOG.txt";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.melkor333 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/memtest86+/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/memtest86+/default.nix
index 520b0a98c2018..72b74039f7806 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/memtest86+/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/memtest86+/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://www.memtest.org/";
-    description = "A tool to detect memory errors";
+    description = "Tool to detect memory errors";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" "i686-linux" ];
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.LunNova ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/memtest86-efi/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/memtest86-efi/default.nix
index 264fe013b27a7..ead250feee6a5 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/memtest86-efi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/memtest86-efi/default.nix
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = "https://www.memtest86.com/";
     downloadPage = "https://www.memtest86.com/download.htm";
     changelog = "https://www.memtest86.com/whats-new.html";
-    description = "A tool to detect memory errors, to be run from a bootloader";
+    description = "Tool to detect memory errors, to be run from a bootloader";
     longDescription = ''
       A UEFI app that is able to detect errors in RAM.  It can be run from a
       bootloader.  Released under a proprietary freeware license.
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/microplane/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/microplane/default.nix
index 53d5cc567f09d..5fb431d387419 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/microplane/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/microplane/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A CLI tool to make git changes across many repos";
+    description = "CLI tool to make git changes across many repos";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Clever/microplane";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ dbirks ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/minipro/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/minipro/default.nix
index 13bb93cb4fbe5..b60e886f47c52 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/minipro/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/minipro/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://gitlab.com/DavidGriffith/minipro";
-    description = "An open source program for controlling the MiniPRO TL866xx series of chip programmers";
+    description = "Open source program for controlling the MiniPRO TL866xx series of chip programmers";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.bmwalters ];
     mainProgram = "minipro";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/mmake/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/mmake/default.nix
index 32f089f1a7714..b0aff161ecea8 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/mmake/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/mmake/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/tj/mmake";
-    description = "A small program  which wraps make to provide additional functionality";
+    description = "Small program  which wraps make to provide additional functionality";
     longDescription = ''
       Mmake is a small program  which wraps make to provide additional
       functionality,  such   as  user-friendly  help   output,  remote
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/mmctl/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/mmctl/default.nix
index a884f24db4702..956a12f598bdb 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/mmctl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/mmctl/default.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ mattermost.overrideAttrs (o: {
   subPackages = [ "cmd/mmctl" ];
 
   meta = o.meta // {
-    description = "A remote CLI tool for Mattermost";
+    description = "Remote CLI tool for Mattermost";
     mainProgram = "mmctl";
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/most/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/most/default.nix
index dd94f1fed45fc..3cea48c31c273 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/most/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/most/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A terminal pager similar to 'more' and 'less'";
+    description = "Terminal pager similar to 'more' and 'less'";
     longDescription = ''
       MOST is a powerful paging program for Unix, VMS, MSDOS, and win32
       systems. Unlike other well-known paging programs most supports multiple
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/mpdscribble/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/mpdscribble/default.nix
index 335dedf12fe21..e7baa6641ccfb 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/mpdscribble/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/mpdscribble/default.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ] ++ lib.optional stdenv.isLinux systemd;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A MPD client which submits info about tracks being played to a scrobbler";
+    description = "MPD client which submits info about tracks being played to a scrobbler";
     homepage = "https://www.musicpd.org/clients/mpdscribble/";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.sohalt ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/mpremote/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/mpremote/default.nix
index 5776bb5a05f5e..b55efaa3b0a01 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/mpremote/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/mpremote/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "mpremote" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An integrated set of utilities to remotely interact with and automate a MicroPython device over a serial connection";
+    description = "Integrated set of utilities to remotely interact with and automate a MicroPython device over a serial connection";
     homepage = "https://github.com/micropython/micropython/blob/master/tools/mpremote/README.md";
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/mprocs/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/mprocs/default.nix
index ae0d113f8159b..a2e7f8a018dc9 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/mprocs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/mprocs/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A TUI tool to run multiple commands in parallel and show the output of each command separately";
+    description = "TUI tool to run multiple commands in parallel and show the output of each command separately";
     homepage = "https://github.com/pvolok/mprocs";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ GaetanLepage pyrox0 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/ms-sys/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/ms-sys/default.nix
index 5d736952d2328..ebf69a9b9a3b0 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/ms-sys/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/ms-sys/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A program for writing Microsoft-compatible boot records";
+    description = "Program for writing Microsoft-compatible boot records";
     homepage = "https://ms-sys.sourceforge.net/";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = with platforms; linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/nagstamon/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/nagstamon/default.nix
index eb80c03bec918..a0570c77be5b0 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/nagstamon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/nagstamon/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication rec {
      beautifulsoup4 keyring requests-kerberos kerberos lxml ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A status monitor for the desktop";
+    description = "Status monitor for the desktop";
     homepage = "https://nagstamon.ifw-dresden.de/";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ pSub ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/nanoemoji/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/nanoemoji/default.nix
index a4fb6768d0bb7..210eb5d6f8a2a 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/nanoemoji/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/nanoemoji/default.nix
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A wee tool to build color fonts";
+    description = "Wee tool to build color fonts";
     homepage = "https://github.com/googlefonts/nanoemoji";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ _999eagle ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/nb/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/nb/default.nix
index 5d394f1c7b190..4cc68426ce7e4 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/nb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/nb/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A command line note-taking, bookmarking, archiving, and knowledge base application";
+    description = "Command line note-taking, bookmarking, archiving, and knowledge base application";
     longDescription = ''
       `nb` creates notes in text-based formats like Markdown, Emacs Org mode,
       and LaTeX, can work with files in any format, can import and export notes
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/nbench/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/nbench/default.nix
index f1af32cc0e3f5..c56a76023b5d9 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/nbench/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/nbench/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.math.utah.edu/~mayer/linux/bmark.html";
-    description = "A synthetic computing benchmark program";
+    description = "Synthetic computing benchmark program";
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ bennofs ];
     mainProgram = "nbench";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/neofetch/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/neofetch/default.nix
index 806655ffe9f70..d035fe3120910 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/neofetch/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/neofetch/default.nix
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A fast, highly customizable system info script";
+    description = "Fast, highly customizable system info script";
     homepage = "https://github.com/dylanaraps/neofetch";
     license = licenses.mit;
     platforms = platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/netbootxyz-efi/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/netbootxyz-efi/default.nix
index efa16daaeacfd..2726df1b87018 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/netbootxyz-efi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/netbootxyz-efi/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ in fetchurl {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://netboot.xyz/";
-    description = "A tool to boot OS installers and utilities over the network, to be run from a bootloader";
+    description = "Tool to boot OS installers and utilities over the network, to be run from a bootloader";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ Enzime ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/node-glob/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/node-glob/default.nix
index aba4690bbba43..4b3cde4edd9f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/node-glob/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/node-glob/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ buildNpmPackage rec {
 
   meta = {
     changelog = "https://github.com/isaacs/node-glob/blob/${src.rev}/changelog.md";
-    description = "A little globber for Node.js";
+    description = "Little globber for Node.js";
     homepage = "https://github.com/isaacs/node-glob";
     license = lib.licenses.isc;
     mainProgram = "glob";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/ntfy/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/ntfy/default.nix
index fc9fd078ab205..348c1e3152537 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/ntfy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/ntfy/default.nix
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ in python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A utility for sending notifications, on demand and when commands finish";
+    description = "Utility for sending notifications, on demand and when commands finish";
     homepage = "http://ntfy.rtfd.org/";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ kamilchm ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/nux/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/nux/default.nix
index 89aea5e9dd9d9..d1d44a35c20c5 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/nux/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/nux/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/NuxPackage/nux";
-    description = "A wrapper over the nix cli";
+    description = "Wrapper over the nix cli";
     license = with lib.licenses; [ gpl3Plus ];
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ];
     mainProgram = "nux";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/ondir/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/ondir/default.nix
index 1b32f474fc04e..0bcffd5ade712 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/ondir/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/ondir/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "a small program to automate tasks specific to certain directories";
+    description = "Small program to automate tasks specific to certain directories";
     longDescription = ''
     It works by executing scripts in directories when you enter and leave them.
     This is done by overriding the shell builtins cd, pushd, and popd,
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/opentelemetry-collector/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/opentelemetry-collector/default.nix
index 463a699638f7d..b9f3d12c0a928 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/opentelemetry-collector/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/opentelemetry-collector/default.nix
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector";
     changelog = "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
-    description = "A vendor-agnostic implementation on how to receive, process and export telemetry data";
+    description = "Vendor-agnostic implementation on how to receive, process and export telemetry data";
     longDescription = ''
       The OpenTelemetry Collector offers a vendor-agnostic implementation on how
       to receive, process and export telemetry data. In addition, it removes the
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/oscclip/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/oscclip/default.nix
index 3020998d93929..2b4e6aa7d1f7a 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/oscclip/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/oscclip/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = with python3Packages; [ poetry-core ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A program that allows to copy/paste from a terminal using osc-52 control sequences";
+    description = "Program that allows to copy/paste from a terminal using osc-52 control sequences";
     longDescription = ''
       oscclip provides two commands: osc-copy and osc-paste. These commands allow to interact with the clipboard through the terminal directly.
       This means that they work through ssh sessions for example (given that the terminal supports osc-52 sequences).
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/otel-cli/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/otel-cli/default.nix
index 65f97c75f7d29..09c2481782443 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/otel-cli/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/otel-cli/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/equinix-labs/otel-cli";
-    description = "A command-line tool for sending OpenTelemetry traces";
+    description = "Command-line tool for sending OpenTelemetry traces";
     changelog = "https://github.com/equinix-labs/otel-cli/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ emattiza urandom ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/pandoc-lua-filters/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/pandoc-lua-filters/default.nix
index 1323da5104ba8..d779cbb7fa406 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/pandoc-lua-filters/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/pandoc-lua-filters/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A collection of lua filters for pandoc";
+    description = "Collection of lua filters for pandoc";
     homepage = "https://github.com/pandoc/lua-filters";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ jtojnar ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/paperlike-go/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/paperlike-go/default.nix
index 59d477b62fe2a..ad2782bfaf00e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/paperlike-go/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/paperlike-go/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ buildGoModule {
   subPackages = [ "cmd/paperlike-cli" ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A Linux Go library and CLI utility to control a Dasung Paperlike display via I2C DDC";
+    description = "Linux Go library and CLI utility to control a Dasung Paperlike display via I2C DDC";
     homepage = "https://github.com/leoluk/paperlike-go";
     license = lib.licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.adisbladis ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/parquet-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/parquet-tools/default.nix
index 988c7245ded14..2e0d5744659a3 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/parquet-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/parquet-tools/default.nix
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A CLI tool for parquet files";
+    description = "CLI tool for parquet files";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ktrueda/parquet-tools";
     changelog = "https://github.com/ktrueda/parquet-tools/releases/tag/${version}";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/pastebinit/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/pastebinit/default.nix
index 21beecc443c02..27735d615573a 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/pastebinit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/pastebinit/default.nix
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://stgraber.org/category/pastebinit/";
-    description = "A software that lets you send anything you want directly to a pastebin from the command line";
+    description = "Software that lets you send anything you want directly to a pastebin from the command line";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ raboof samuel-martineau ];
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux ++ lib.platforms.darwin;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/pazi/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/pazi/default.nix
index c4c1ea18b549b..43ea65c54de35 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/pazi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/pazi/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   cargoSha256 = "1iamlp5519h8mmgd4964cvyp7mmnqdg2d3qj5v7yzilyp4nz15jc";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An autojump \"zap to directory\" helper";
+    description = "Autojump \"zap to directory\" helper";
     homepage = "https://github.com/euank/pazi";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/pb_cli/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/pb_cli/default.nix
index b884b28658385..ac9b7b6f22c20 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/pb_cli/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/pb_cli/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A no bullshit 0x0.st client";
+    description = "No bullshit 0x0.st client";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ptpb/pb_cli";
     maintainers = [ maintainers.ar1a ];
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/peruse/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/peruse/default.nix
index 09c39385c8b7d..ba99cdd8cdf96 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/peruse/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/peruse/default.nix
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pathsToLink = [ "/etc/xdg/peruse.knsrc" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A comic book reader";
+    description = "Comic book reader";
     homepage = "https://peruse.kde.org";
     license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ peterhoeg ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/pfetch-rs/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/pfetch-rs/default.nix
index 433308c0c48ba..143e340a4c0d7 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/pfetch-rs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/pfetch-rs/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
 
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A rewrite of the pfetch system information tool in Rust";
+    description = "Rewrite of the pfetch system information tool in Rust";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Gobidev/pfetch-rs";
     changelog = "https://github.com/Gobidev/pfetch-rs/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/pfetch/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/pfetch/default.nix
index 5f9e8bf7676a6..732f680028897 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/pfetch/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/pfetch/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A pretty system information tool written in POSIX sh";
+    description = "Pretty system information tool written in POSIX sh";
     homepage = "https://github.com/dylanaraps/pfetch";
     license = licenses.mit;
     platforms = platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/pg_top/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/pg_top/default.nix
index 0999c9456d536..c8a35e9fb178e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/pg_top/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/pg_top/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ ncurses postgresql ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A 'top' like tool for PostgreSQL";
+    description = "'top' like tool for PostgreSQL";
     longDescription = ''
       pg_top allows you to:
        * View currently running SQL statement of a process.
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/pgbadger/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/pgbadger/default.nix
index b1024d68a91c5..27c532e8144cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/pgbadger/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/pgbadger/default.nix
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ buildPerlPackage rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/darold/pgbadger";
-    description = "A fast PostgreSQL Log Analyzer";
+    description = "Fast PostgreSQL Log Analyzer";
     changelog = "https://github.com/darold/pgbadger/raw/v${version}/ChangeLog";
     license = lib.licenses.postgresql;
     maintainers = lib.teams.determinatesystems.members;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/pipectl/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/pipectl/default.nix
index f5cdeffc3ece0..68df99eb476b5 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/pipectl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/pipectl/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/Ferdi265/pipectl";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
-    description = "a simple named pipe management utility";
+    description = "Simple named pipe management utility";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ synthetica ];
     mainProgram = "pipectl";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/pipelight/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/pipelight/default.nix
index e565bf554fff1..1ffeaede331cb 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/pipelight/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/pipelight/default.nix
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://pipelight.net/";
     license = with lib.licenses; [ mpl11 gpl2Only lgpl21 ];
-    description = "A wrapper for using Windows plugins in Linux browsers";
+    description = "Wrapper for using Windows plugins in Linux browsers";
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ];
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" "i686-linux" ];
     mainProgram = "pipelight-plugin";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/pkgdiff/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/pkgdiff/default.nix
index 77ba84c1df0f6..139c0f8e2d56c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/pkgdiff/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/pkgdiff/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool for visualizing changes in Linux software packages";
+    description = "Tool for visualizing changes in Linux software packages";
     homepage = "https://lvc.github.io/pkgdiff/";
     license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ sweber ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/plantuml-server/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/plantuml-server/default.nix
index a06dc2d3c7b6e..bf186a3bad9aa 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/plantuml-server/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/plantuml-server/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A web application to generate UML diagrams on-the-fly";
+    description = "Web application to generate UML diagrams on-the-fly";
     homepage = "https://plantuml.com/";
     sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryBytecode ];
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/plotinus/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/plotinus/default.nix
index 10c86b10c3da7..2cd2a74f6fde7 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/plotinus/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/plotinus/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A searchable command palette in every modern GTK application";
+    description = "Searchable command palette in every modern GTK application";
     homepage = "https://github.com/p-e-w/plotinus";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ samdroid-apps ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/pokeget-rs/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/pokeget-rs/default.nix
index 2505fd2f96785..04ac51d4934b0 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/pokeget-rs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/pokeget-rs/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   cargoHash = "sha256-JeRSBG1HswttHOGyiNseFf2KiWkumrzEIw76A80nQHM=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A better rust version of pokeget";
+    description = "Better rust version of pokeget";
     homepage = "https://github.com/talwat/pokeget-rs";
     license = licenses.mit;
     mainProgram = "pokeget";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/portal/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/portal/default.nix
index 3577f0f0b31a5..221526b7f3423 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/portal/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/portal/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   ldflags = [ "-s -X main.version=${version}" ]; # from: https://github.com/SpatiumPortae/portal/blob/master/Makefile#L3
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A quick and easy command-line file transfer utility from any computer to another";
+    description = "Quick and easy command-line file transfer utility from any computer to another";
     homepage = "https://github.com/SpatiumPortae/portal";
     changelog = "https://github.com/SpatiumPortae/portal/tag/v${version}";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/pouf/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/pouf/default.nix
index e114af2c2c1eb..bdf3f35a199c1 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/pouf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/pouf/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   postInstall = "make PREFIX=$out copy-data";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A CLI program for produce fake datas";
+    description = "CLI program for produce fake datas";
     homepage = "https://github.com/mothsart/pouf";
     changelog = "https://github.com/mothsart/pouf/releases/tag/${version}";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ mothsart ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/powerline-go/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/powerline-go/default.nix
index 2b328e474bb98..2fe2ee034e3c4 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/powerline-go/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/powerline-go/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   vendorHash = "sha256-W7Lf9s689oJy4U5sQlkLt3INJwtvzU2pot3EFimp7Jw=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Powerline like prompt for Bash, ZSH and Fish";
+    description = "Powerline like prompt for Bash, ZSH and Fish";
     homepage = "https://github.com/justjanne/powerline-go";
     changelog = "https://github.com/justjanne/powerline-go/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/pre-commit/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/pre-commit/default.nix
index 122226486bd4b..0afa9180a47d5 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/pre-commit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/pre-commit/default.nix
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A framework for managing and maintaining multi-language pre-commit hooks";
+    description = "Framework for managing and maintaining multi-language pre-commit hooks";
     homepage = "https://pre-commit.com/";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ borisbabic ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/present-cli/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/present-cli/default.nix
index 7c1c87647a190..4c0ac78b6ccd2 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/present-cli/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/present-cli/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   doCheck = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A script interpolation engine for markdown documents";
+    description = "Script interpolation engine for markdown documents";
     homepage = "https://github.com/terror/present/";
     license = licenses.cc0;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ cameronfyfe ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/pricehist/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/pricehist/default.nix
index d195cb42a147c..fc6c5753b7672 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/pricehist/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/pricehist/default.nix
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
     "lxml"
   ];
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A command-line tool for fetching and formatting historical price data, with support for multiple data sources and output formats";
+    description = "Command-line tool for fetching and formatting historical price data, with support for multiple data sources and output formats";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.com/chrisberkhout/pricehist";
     license = licenses.mit;
     mainProgram = "pricehist";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/psw/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/psw/default.nix
index d765de2a096a5..bcf67bfa5f111 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/psw/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/psw/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   cargoHash = "sha256-+0eMhOteNK3QTnG0HB3/TYDFmPTztdQ0h3RKBTN0J/o=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A command line tool to write random bytes to stdout";
+    description = "Command line tool to write random bytes to stdout";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Wulfsta/psw";
     license = with licenses; [ asl20 /* or */ mit ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ wulfsta ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/qjoypad/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/qjoypad/default.nix
index 260c8f498e6b1..bc8f107a54fb5 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/qjoypad/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/qjoypad/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ libX11 libXtst qtbase qtx11extras ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A program that lets you use gaming devices anywhere";
+    description = "Program that lets you use gaming devices anywhere";
     longDescription = ''
       A simple Linux/QT program that lets you use your gaming devices
       where you want them: in your games! QJoyPad takes input from a
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/qmk/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/qmk/default.nix
index 433134ddb55f8..c550d76538872 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/qmk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/qmk/default.nix
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/qmk/qmk_cli";
-    description = "A program to help users work with QMK Firmware";
+    description = "Program to help users work with QMK Firmware";
     longDescription = ''
       qmk_cli is a companion tool to QMK firmware. With it, you can:
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/r3ctl/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/r3ctl/default.nix
index 8af95a4630cf6..bc0c7837e2a99 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/r3ctl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/r3ctl/default.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ qt5.mkDerivation {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A cmdline tool to control the r3 hackerspace lights";
+    description = "Cmdline tool to control the r3 hackerspace lights";
     mainProgram = "r3ctl";
     homepage = "https://github.com/0xfeedc0de64/r3ctl";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ mkg20001 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/ramfetch/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/ramfetch/default.nix
index 136c335982771..c8055f99fe44f 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/ramfetch/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/ramfetch/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A tool which displays memory information";
+    description = "Tool which displays memory information";
     homepage = "https://codeberg.org/jahway603/ramfetch";
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/renameutils/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/renameutils/default.nix
index 1b6c70a2773d2..e3ce23eca0a38 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/renameutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/renameutils/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://www.nongnu.org/renameutils/";
-    description = "A set of programs to make renaming of files faster";
+    description = "Set of programs to make renaming of files faster";
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/rfc/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/rfc/default.nix
index d747cbf185e48..b172122d828f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/rfc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/rfc/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool to read RFCs from the command line";
+    description = "Tool to read RFCs from the command line";
     longDescription = ''
       rfc is a little tool written in Bash to read RFCs from the command-line.
       It fetches RFCs and drafts from the Web and caches them locally.
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/riemann-c-client/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/riemann-c-client/default.nix
index f0acc5cc04b0e..929eb0a376395 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/riemann-c-client/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/riemann-c-client/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://git.madhouse-project.org/algernon/riemann-c-client";
-    description = "A C client library for the Riemann monitoring system";
+    description = "C client library for the Riemann monitoring system";
     mainProgram = "riemann-client";
     license = licenses.lgpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ pradeepchhetri ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/ripdrag/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/ripdrag/default.nix
index ac8772b30496a..4c9650d602796 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/ripdrag/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/ripdrag/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   buildInputs = [ gtk4 ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An application that lets you drag and drop files from and to the terminal";
+    description = "Application that lets you drag and drop files from and to the terminal";
     homepage = "https://github.com/nik012003/ripdrag";
     changelog = "https://github.com/nik012003/ripdrag/releases/tag/${src.rev}";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/ristate/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/ristate/default.nix
index 3c4baea4d3c1e..c674b96f9b003 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/ristate/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/ristate/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   cargoSha256 = "sha256-HTfRWvE3m7XZhZDj5bEkrQI3pD6GNiKd2gJtMjRQ8Rw=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A river-status client written in Rust";
+    description = "River-status client written in Rust";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.com/snakedye/ristate";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ kranzes ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/roundup/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/roundup/default.nix
index efe220fd5f9b5..2993b5f829464 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/roundup/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/roundup/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A unit testing tool for running test plans which are written in any POSIX shell";
+    description = "Unit testing tool for running test plans which are written in any POSIX shell";
     homepage = "http://bmizerany.github.io/roundup/";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ dotlambda ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/rpm-ostree/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/rpm-ostree/default.nix
index 835cff2cf0186..4b9067bd45025 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/rpm-ostree/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/rpm-ostree/default.nix
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A hybrid image/package system. It uses OSTree as an image format, and uses RPM as a component model";
+    description = "Hybrid image/package system. It uses OSTree as an image format, and uses RPM as a component model";
     homepage = "https://coreos.github.io/rpm-ostree/";
     license = licenses.lgpl2Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ copumpkin ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/rtz/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/rtz/default.nix
index ba66935d0a951..a223e1ebf01f8 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/rtz/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/rtz/default.nix
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool to easily work with timezone lookups via a binary, a library, or a server";
+    description = "Tool to easily work with timezone lookups via a binary, a library, or a server";
     homepage = "https://github.com/twitchax/rtz";
     changelog = "https://github.com/twitchax/rtz/releases/tag/${src.rev}";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/rustypaste-cli/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/rustypaste-cli/default.nix
index e78074ca63304..32fa6b5a49ff8 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/rustypaste-cli/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/rustypaste-cli/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A CLI tool for rustypaste";
+    description = "CLI tool for rustypaste";
     homepage = "https://github.com/orhun/rustypaste-cli";
     changelog = "https://github.com/orhun/rustypaste-cli/blob/${src.rev}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/sagoin/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/sagoin/default.nix
index b3fdd6e99405d..08967f9427e4e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/sagoin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/sagoin/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   GEN_ARTIFACTS = "artifacts";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A command-line submission tool for the UMD CS Submit Server";
+    description = "Command-line submission tool for the UMD CS Submit Server";
     homepage = "https://github.com/figsoda/sagoin";
     changelog = "https://github.com/figsoda/sagoin/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = licenses.agpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/savepagenow/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/savepagenow/default.nix
index da29fa3b05a9c..9e723d53f54f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/savepagenow/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/savepagenow/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple Python wrapper for archive.org's \"Save Page Now\" capturing service";
+    description = "Simple Python wrapper for archive.org's \"Save Page Now\" capturing service";
     homepage = "https://github.com/pastpages/savepagenow";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ SuperSandro2000 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/screen/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/screen/default.nix
index e7bb59dba8633..40b79acba6042 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/screen/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/screen/default.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/";
-    description = "A window manager that multiplexes a physical terminal";
+    description = "Window manager that multiplexes a physical terminal";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
 
     longDescription =
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/script-directory/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/script-directory/default.nix
index 59ede7bdccd9d..95ab361782f6d 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/script-directory/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/script-directory/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A cozy nest for your scripts";
+    description = "Cozy nest for your scripts";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ianthehenry/sd";
     changelog = "https://github.com/ianthehenry/sd/tree/${src.rev}#changelog";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/see/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/see/default.nix
index 592bc59262ca4..31cc69ffe46b9 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/see/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/see/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication {
   ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A CLI tool to open files in the terminal";
+    description = "CLI tool to open files in the terminal";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Textualize/textualize-see";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ anselmschueler ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/sensible-utils/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/sensible-utils/default.nix
index f75629d96f122..0335a0756401f 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/sensible-utils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/sensible-utils/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A collection of utilities used by programs to sensibly select and spawn an appropriate browser, editor, or pager";
+    description = "Collection of utilities used by programs to sensibly select and spawn an appropriate browser, editor, or pager";
     longDescription = ''
        The specific utilities included are:
        - sensible-browser
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/setconf/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/setconf/default.nix
index 8384617e5e5d0..fd43ad6350cf4 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/setconf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/setconf/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/xyproto/setconf";
-    description = "A small utility for changing settings in configuration textfiles";
+    description = "Small utility for changing settings in configuration textfiles";
     changelog = "https://github.com/xyproto/setconf/releases/tag/${version}";
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.AndersonTorres ];
     mainProgram = "setconf";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/sfeed/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/sfeed/default.nix
index c12ddec63c948..3217b8f20d52a 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/sfeed/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/sfeed/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://codemadness.org/sfeed-simple-feed-parser.html";
-    description = "A RSS and Atom parser (and some format programs)";
+    description = "RSS and Atom parser (and some format programs)";
     longDescription = ''
       It converts RSS or Atom feeds from XML to a TAB-separated file. There are
       formatting programs included to convert this TAB-separated format to
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/sheldon/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/sheldon/default.nix
index ddff13c9bcfd4..4f0c22344a5b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/sheldon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/sheldon/default.nix
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A fast and configurable shell plugin manager";
+    description = "Fast and configurable shell plugin manager";
     homepage = "https://github.com/rossmacarthur/sheldon";
     license = with licenses; [ mit ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ seqizz ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/shelldap/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/shelldap/default.nix
index 09901368c8701..dcc95b24ef48f 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/shelldap/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/shelldap/default.nix
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ perlPackages.buildPerlPackage rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/mahlonsmith/shelldap/";
-    description = "A handy shell-like interface for browsing LDAP servers and editing their content";
+    description = "Handy shell-like interface for browsing LDAP servers and editing their content";
     changelog = "https://github.com/mahlonsmith/shelldap/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG";
     license = with licenses; [ bsd3 ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ clerie tobiasBora ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/shunit2/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/shunit2/default.nix
index 017d19264798e..57f1957a7e0e2 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/shunit2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/shunit2/default.nix
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ resholve.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/kward/shunit2";
-    description = "An xUnit based unit test framework for Bourne based shell scripts";
+    description = "XUnit based unit test framework for Bourne based shell scripts";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ abathur utdemir ];
     license = licenses.asl20;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/sqlite3-to-mysql/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/sqlite3-to-mysql/default.nix
index 289de7d02264a..b9c0efc0ad443 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/sqlite3-to-mysql/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/sqlite3-to-mysql/default.nix
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple Python tool to transfer data from SQLite 3 to MySQL";
+    description = "Simple Python tool to transfer data from SQLite 3 to MySQL";
     homepage = "https://github.com/techouse/sqlite3-to-mysql";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ gador ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/srisum/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/srisum/default.nix
index 8412e48d7907c..905e5c9acaaa6 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/srisum/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/srisum/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   doInstallCheck = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A command-line utility to compute and check subresource integrity hashes";
+    description = "Command-line utility to compute and check subresource integrity hashes";
     homepage = "https://github.com/zkat/srisum-rs";
     changelog = "https://github.com/zkat/srisum-rs/raw/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = with licenses; [ asl20 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/starship/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/starship/default.nix
index ce82cb7745c7d..06944a40eb1ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/starship/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/starship/default.nix
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A minimal, blazing fast, and extremely customizable prompt for any shell";
+    description = "Minimal, blazing fast, and extremely customizable prompt for any shell";
     homepage = "https://starship.rs";
     license = licenses.isc;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ danth davidtwco Br1ght0ne Frostman ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/staruml/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/staruml/default.nix
index 036f47965b8f8..598627071e327 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/staruml/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/staruml/default.nix
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A sophisticated software modeler";
+    description = "Sophisticated software modeler";
     homepage = "https://staruml.io/";
     sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryNativeCode ];
     license = licenses.unfree;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/stow/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/stow/default.nix
index 4dd72d8d8caf5..2ea55a347479e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/stow/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/stow/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   doCheck = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool for managing the installation of multiple software packages in the same run-time directory tree";
+    description = "Tool for managing the installation of multiple software packages in the same run-time directory tree";
 
     longDescription = ''
       GNU Stow is a symlink farm manager which takes distinct packages
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/subberthehut/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/subberthehut/default.nix
index 66e4442ad460c..58860f30dc5a1 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/subberthehut/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/subberthehut/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/mus65/subberthehut";
-    description = "An OpenSubtitles.org downloader";
+    description = "OpenSubtitles.org downloader";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ jqueiroz ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/synth/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/synth/default.nix
index 92e4e8531f9aa..1d2eddbd54e5f 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/synth/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/synth/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   RUSTC_BOOTSTRAP = 1;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool for generating realistic data using a declarative data model";
+    description = "Tool for generating realistic data using a declarative data model";
     homepage = "https://github.com/getsynth/synth";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ figsoda ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/systrayhelper/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/systrayhelper/default.nix
index 1635054b56c66..328ea27e8b806 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/systrayhelper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/systrayhelper/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   doCheck = false; # Display required
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A systray utility written in go, using json over stdio for control and events";
+    description = "Systray utility written in go, using json over stdio for control and events";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ssbc/systrayhelper";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ cryptix ];
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/sysz/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/sysz/default.nix
index 37b34aec2d273..aac3bfb29c94a 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/sysz/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/sysz/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/joehillen/sysz";
-    description = "A fzf terminal UI for systemctl";
+    description = "Fzf terminal UI for systemctl";
     license = licenses.unlicense;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ hleboulanger ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/szyszka/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/szyszka/default.nix
index 8be3e0caf8b68..b1e68b327b242 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/szyszka/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/szyszka/default.nix
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   ]);
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple but powerful and fast bulk file renamer";
+    description = "Simple but powerful and fast bulk file renamer";
     homepage = "https://github.com/qarmin/szyszka";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ kranzes ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/t/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/t/default.nix
index 4d0c961847cee..0bcedf344ba69 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/t/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/t/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ bundlerApp {
   passthru.updateScript = bundlerUpdateScript "t";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A command-line power tool for Twitter";
+    description = "Command-line power tool for Twitter";
     homepage    = "http://sferik.github.io/t/";
     license     = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ offline manveru nicknovitski ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/tailer/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/tailer/default.nix
index 96631875f5a49..9e8c31790af80 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/tailer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/tailer/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A CLI tool to insert lines when command output stops";
+    description = "CLI tool to insert lines when command output stops";
     homepage = "https://github.com/hionay/tailer";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ figsoda ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/tailspin/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/tailspin/default.nix
index 6be1f08efa092..4e837df61c7ce 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/tailspin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/tailspin/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   cargoHash = "sha256-uTUowYoLEywGNzPyxq53Si5GSrh/F9kUFIDjw/wfdAQ=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A log file highlighter";
+    description = "Log file highlighter";
     homepage = "https://github.com/bensadeh/tailspin";
     changelog = "https://github.com/bensadeh/tailspin/blob/${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/tbls/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/tbls/default.nix
index ab456499487e7..427e21e2ad258 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/tbls/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/tbls/default.nix
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool to generate documentation based on a database structure";
+    description = "Tool to generate documentation based on a database structure";
     homepage = "https://github.com/k1LoW/tbls";
     changelog = "https://github.com/k1LoW/tbls/blob/${src.rev}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/tealdeer/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/tealdeer/default.nix
index ce06bdfdce8f0..dfe57f5fef069 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/tealdeer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/tealdeer/default.nix
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A very fast implementation of tldr in Rust";
+    description = "Very fast implementation of tldr in Rust";
     homepage = "https://github.com/dbrgn/tealdeer";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ davidak newam ];
     license = with licenses; [ asl20 mit ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/teamocil/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/teamocil/default.nix
index 4344668809cef..a3e85031dee64 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/teamocil/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/teamocil/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ bundlerEnv {
   passthru.updateScript = bundlerUpdateScript "teamocil";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description     = "A simple tool used to automatically create windows and panes in tmux with YAML files";
+    description     = "Simple tool used to automatically create windows and panes in tmux with YAML files";
     homepage        = "https://github.com/remiprev/teamocil";
     license         = licenses.mit;
     platforms       = platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/tere/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/tere/default.nix
index 0d1f35088711f..61afcbca9a19e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/tere/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/tere/default.nix
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
       "${python-with-toml}/bin/python3 ${script}";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A faster alternative to cd + ls";
+    description = "Faster alternative to cd + ls";
     homepage = "https://github.com/mgunyho/tere";
     license = licenses.eupl12;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ProducerMatt ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/tfk8s/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/tfk8s/default.nix
index 52795b7540025..a0bdefde16202 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/tfk8s/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/tfk8s/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An utility to convert Kubernetes YAML manifests to Terraform's HCL format";
+    description = "Utility to convert Kubernetes YAML manifests to Terraform's HCL format";
     license = licenses.mit;
     longDescription = ''
       tfk8s is a tool that makes it easier to work with the Terraform Kubernetes Provider.
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/theme-sh/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/theme-sh/default.nix
index 3d41258731512..e1ebe9b732667 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/theme-sh/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/theme-sh/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A script which lets you set your $terminal theme";
+    description = "Script which lets you set your $terminal theme";
     homepage = "https://github.com/lemnos/theme.sh";
     license = licenses.mit;
     platforms = platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/thin-provisioning-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/thin-provisioning-tools/default.nix
index f4699a9f37d9f..aa1fc40be50ce 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/thin-provisioning-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/thin-provisioning-tools/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/jthornber/thin-provisioning-tools/";
-    description = "A suite of tools for manipulating the metadata of the dm-thin device-mapper target";
+    description = "Suite of tools for manipulating the metadata of the dm-thin device-mapper target";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/thumbs/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/thumbs/default.nix
index e7f785b9e5bf0..f170375afb870 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/thumbs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/thumbs/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/fcsonline/tmux-thumbs";
-    description = "A lightning fast version of tmux-fingers written in Rust, copy/pasting tmux like vimium/vimperator";
+    description = "Lightning fast version of tmux-fingers written in Rust, copy/pasting tmux like vimium/vimperator";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ghostbuster91 ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/timer/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/timer/default.nix
index 908127575e7a4..732c6358a2e09 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/timer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/timer/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   passthru.tests.version = testers.testVersion { package = timer; };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A `sleep` with progress";
+    description = "`sleep` with progress";
     homepage = "https://github.com/caarlos0/timer";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ zowoq caarlos0 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/timidity/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/timidity/default.nix
index 1cb62fec2e024..26f84e383c48f 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/timidity/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/timidity/default.nix
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://sourceforge.net/projects/timidity/";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    description = "A software MIDI renderer";
+    description = "Software MIDI renderer";
     maintainers = [ maintainers.marcweber ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     mainProgram = "timidity";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/toastify/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/toastify/default.nix
index 2de5877c0f057..b244aec493ace 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/toastify/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/toastify/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A commandline tool that shows desktop notifications using notify-rust";
+    description = "Commandline tool that shows desktop notifications using notify-rust";
     homepage = "https://github.com/hoodie/toastify";
     changelog = "https://github.com/hoodie/toastify/blob/${src.rev}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/topicctl/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/topicctl/default.nix
index c3252987c4ce3..744e4ddaccb16 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/topicctl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/topicctl/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool for easy, declarative management of Kafka topics";
+    description = "Tool for easy, declarative management of Kafka topics";
     inherit (src.meta) homepage;
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ eskytthe srhb ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/torrenttools/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/torrenttools/default.nix
index 0fa5dbffafbbb..6daa39dd7e739 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/torrenttools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/torrenttools/default.nix
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   doCheck = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A CLI tool for creating, inspecting and modifying BitTorrent metafiles";
+    description = "CLI tool for creating, inspecting and modifying BitTorrent metafiles";
     homepage = "https://github.com/fbdtemme/torrenttools";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ azahi ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/trashy/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/trashy/default.nix
index cc985b8f3b35e..f9cfdd6127618 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/trashy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/trashy/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple, fast, and featureful alternative to rm and trash-cli";
+    description = "Simple, fast, and featureful alternative to rm and trash-cli";
     homepage = "https://github.com/oberblastmeister/trashy";
     changelog = "https://github.com/oberblastmeister/trashy/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = with licenses; [ asl20 /* or */ mit ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/trillian/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/trillian/default.nix
index f52c8f518dd73..2224adec80446 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/trillian/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/trillian/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/google/trillian";
-    description = "A transparent, highly scalable and cryptographically verifiable data store";
+    description = "Transparent, highly scalable and cryptographically verifiable data store";
     license = [ licenses.asl20 ];
     maintainers = [ maintainers.adisbladis ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/ttfautohint/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/ttfautohint/default.nix
index 14572d12a781d..5b068de2ddd7c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/ttfautohint/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/ttfautohint/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   dontWrapQtApps = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An automatic hinter for TrueType fonts";
+    description = "Automatic hinter for TrueType fonts";
     mainProgram = "ttfautohint";
     longDescription = ''
       A library and two programs which take a TrueType font as the
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/ttyplot/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/ttyplot/default.nix
index b68e2ba0bc69e..d9f4ac565514e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/ttyplot/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/ttyplot/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple general purpose plotting utility for tty with data input from stdin";
+    description = "Simple general purpose plotting utility for tty with data input from stdin";
     homepage = "https://github.com/tenox7/ttyplot";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     platforms = platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/twspace-dl/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/twspace-dl/default.nix
index a9d86a18c66b3..73a0129fe83fa 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/twspace-dl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/twspace-dl/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "twspace_dl" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A python module to download twitter spaces";
+    description = "Python module to download twitter spaces";
     homepage = "https://github.com/HoloArchivists/twspace-dl";
     changelog = "https://github.com/HoloArchivists/twspace-dl/releases/tag/${version}";
     license = licenses.gpl2Only;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/tz/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/tz/default.nix
index 4059125353f71..c883058a725ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/tz/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/tz/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   vendorHash = "sha256-lcCra4LyebkmelvBs0Dd2mn6R64Q5MaUWc5AP8V9pec=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A time zone helper";
+    description = "Time zone helper";
     homepage = "https://github.com/oz/tz";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ siraben ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/uair/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/uair/default.nix
index 5d154ef82d80e..47c4d7631da29 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/uair/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/uair/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An extensible pomodoro timer";
+    description = "Extensible pomodoro timer";
     homepage = "https://github.com/metent/uair";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ thled ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/ugs/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/ugs/default.nix
index cb1033123df19..05fb77ac15735 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/ugs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/ugs/default.nix
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   desktopItems = [ desktopItem ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A cross-platform G-Code sender for GRBL, Smoothieware, TinyG and G2core";
+    description = "Cross-platform G-Code sender for GRBL, Smoothieware, TinyG and G2core";
     homepage = "https://github.com/winder/Universal-G-Code-Sender";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ matthewcroughan ];
     sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryBytecode ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/undocker/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/undocker/default.nix
index 0b6fb57f710e1..fb52e019ffbc9 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/undocker/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/undocker/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ buildGoModule {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://git.jakstys.lt/motiejus/undocker";
-    description = "A CLI tool to convert a Docker image to a flattened rootfs tarball";
+    description = "CLI tool to convert a Docker image to a flattened rootfs tarball";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ jordanisaacs motiejus ];
     mainProgram = "undocker";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/urlencode/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/urlencode/default.nix
index 6b8097a6b5278..b61b8a37c2e76 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/urlencode/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/urlencode/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   cargoSha256 = "sha256-UPw+/wVOEM+kciOr70P+gdMCxtCKQ/SXsNAWA44v4v8=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A CLI utility for URL-encoding or -decoding strings";
+    description = "CLI utility for URL-encoding or -decoding strings";
     homepage = "https://github.com/dead10ck/urlencode";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ l0b0 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/usbimager/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/usbimager/default.nix
index a872fb9a74c49..2ff1c0b415e77 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/usbimager/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/usbimager/default.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ lib.optional withUdisks "USE_UDISKS2=yes";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A very minimal GUI app that can write compressed disk images to USB drives";
+    description = "Very minimal GUI app that can write compressed disk images to USB drives";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.com/bztsrc/usbimager";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ vdot0x23 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/usbmuxd/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/usbmuxd/default.nix
index 2cec5d7d77af2..6901767c9cf8a 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/usbmuxd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/usbmuxd/default.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/libimobiledevice/usbmuxd";
-    description = "A socket daemon to multiplex connections from and to iOS devices";
+    description = "Socket daemon to multiplex connections from and to iOS devices";
     longDescription = ''
       usbmuxd stands for "USB multiplexing daemon". This daemon is in charge of
       multiplexing connections over USB to an iOS device. To users, it means
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/usbmuxd2/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/usbmuxd2/default.nix
index 2eee1bb71324c..e4674eb386f15 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/usbmuxd2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/usbmuxd2/default.nix
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ clangStdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/tihmstar/usbmuxd2";
-    description = "A socket daemon to multiplex connections from and to iOS devices";
+    description = "Socket daemon to multiplex connections from and to iOS devices";
     license = licenses.lgpl3;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ onny ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/uwufetch/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/uwufetch/default.nix
index d0ae239d9ec2f..4dba7dac8038e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/uwufetch/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/uwufetch/default.nix
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A meme system info tool for Linux";
+    description = "Meme system info tool for Linux";
     homepage = "https://github.com/TheDarkBug/uwufetch";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/valeronoi/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/valeronoi/default.nix
index b27fe3e499a31..2f4e1a426f253 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/valeronoi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/valeronoi/default.nix
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/ccoors/Valeronoi/";
-    description = "A WiFi mapping companion app for Valetudo";
+    description = "WiFi mapping companion app for Valetudo";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ nova-madeline maeve ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/vector/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/vector/default.nix
index b5a09c23eb19d..550fb341474bd 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/vector/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/vector/default.nix
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A high-performance observability data pipeline";
+    description = "High-performance observability data pipeline";
     homepage = "https://github.com/vectordotdev/vector";
     license = licenses.mpl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ thoughtpolice happysalada ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/vial/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/vial/default.nix
index d33a6053d5744..77cf03500207a 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/vial/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/vial/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ appimageTools.wrapType2 {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "An Open-source GUI and QMK fork for configuring your keyboard in real time";
+    description = "Open-source GUI and QMK fork for configuring your keyboard in real time";
     homepage = "https://get.vial.today";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
     mainProgram = "Vial";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/viddy/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/viddy/default.nix
index 280cf82c4b414..2f23f77b166e3 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/viddy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/viddy/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A modern watch command";
+    description = "Modern watch command";
     homepage = "https://github.com/sachaos/viddy";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ j-hui ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/vivid/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/vivid/default.nix
index 3115735ed9be8..81c81e6d6f882 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/vivid/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/vivid/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   cargoHash = "sha256-gtqdQuf3Ybt0PDCQw3gGAzIROq39NJKPIat0lyIPGgg=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A generator for LS_COLORS with support for multiple color themes";
+    description = "Generator for LS_COLORS with support for multiple color themes";
     homepage = "https://github.com/sharkdp/vivid";
     license = with licenses; [ asl20 /* or */ mit ];
     maintainers = [ maintainers.dtzWill ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/vorbisgain/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/vorbisgain/default.nix
index f5a2e2d1dad5d..80307144fd9ad 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/vorbisgain/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/vorbisgain/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://sjeng.org/vorbisgain.html";
-    description = "A utility that corrects the volume of an Ogg Vorbis file to a predefined standardized loudness";
+    description = "Utility that corrects the volume of an Ogg Vorbis file to a predefined standardized loudness";
     license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ pSub ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/vsc-leetcode-cli/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/vsc-leetcode-cli/default.nix
index cb70f9a80eed2..6cc544a4361eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/vsc-leetcode-cli/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/vsc-leetcode-cli/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ buildNpmPackage {
   dontNpmBuild = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A CLI tool for leetcode.com";
+    description = "CLI tool for leetcode.com";
     homepage = "https://github.com/leetcode-tools/leetcode-cli";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ cpcloud ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/wakapi/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/wakapi/default.nix
index a8c4a28775eaa..8edcd7bef01fd 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/wakapi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/wakapi/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://wakapi.dev/";
     changelog = "https://github.com/muety/wakapi/releases/tag/${version}";
-    description = "A minimalist self-hosted WakaTime-compatible backend for coding statistics";
+    description = "Minimalist self-hosted WakaTime-compatible backend for coding statistics";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ t4ccer ];
     mainProgram = "wakapi";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/wayback-machine-archiver/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/wayback-machine-archiver/default.nix
index c3ebc937eb353..034cc303e6edd 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/wayback-machine-archiver/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/wayback-machine-archiver/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "wayback_machine_archiver" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Python script to submit web pages to the Wayback Machine for archiving";
+    description = "Python script to submit web pages to the Wayback Machine for archiving";
     homepage = "https://github.com/agude/wayback-machine-archiver";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ dandellion ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/wayback/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/wayback/default.nix
index 368d1bad63f96..3fb220c4001ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/wayback/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/wayback/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An archiving tool with an IM-style interface";
+    description = "Archiving tool with an IM-style interface";
     homepage = "https://docs.wabarc.eu.org";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ _2gn ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/waylevel/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/waylevel/default.nix
index b3b1ddfeeebfd..f0688ebf47eeb 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/waylevel/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/waylevel/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool to print wayland toplevels and other compositor info";
+    description = "Tool to print wayland toplevels and other compositor info";
     homepage = "https://git.sr.ht/~shinyzenith/waylevel";
     license = licenses.bsd2;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ dit7ya ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/wayshot/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/wayshot/default.nix
index e8d5576af51e4..0f46dc85a1cf9 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/wayshot/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/wayshot/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A native, blazing-fast screenshot tool for wlroots based compositors such as sway and river";
+    description = "Native, blazing-fast screenshot tool for wlroots based compositors such as sway and river";
     homepage = "https://github.com/waycrate/wayshot";
     license = licenses.bsd2;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ dit7ya id3v1669 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/wlc/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/wlc/default.nix
index 648f05587d077..211bde7c240d8 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/wlc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/wlc/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Weblate commandline client using Weblate's REST API";
+    description = "Weblate commandline client using Weblate's REST API";
     homepage = "https://github.com/WeblateOrg/wlc";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ paperdigits ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/woeusb-ng/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/woeusb-ng/default.nix
index 1c3754bd95f3c..0858422be3a0c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/woeusb-ng/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/woeusb-ng/default.nix
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool to create a Windows USB stick installer from a real Windows DVD or image";
+    description = "Tool to create a Windows USB stick installer from a real Windows DVD or image";
     homepage = "https://github.com/WoeUSB/WoeUSB-ng";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ stunkymonkey ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/wootility/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/wootility/default.nix
index 044d8e77cad0a..0a376aaf782d7 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/wootility/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/wootility/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ appimageTools.wrapType2 rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://wooting.io/wootility";
-    description = "A customization and management software for Wooting keyboards";
+    description = "Customization and management software for Wooting keyboards";
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
     license = "unknown";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ davidtwco ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/wyrd/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/wyrd/default.nix
index cdce7a5e347f3..8f5ad8268e693 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/wyrd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/wyrd/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   preferLocalBuild = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A text-based front-end to Remind";
+    description = "Text-based front-end to Remind";
     longDescription = ''
       Wyrd is a text-based front-end to Remind, a sophisticated
       calendar and alarm program. Remind's power lies in its
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/xcp/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/xcp/default.nix
index bb310c3cce7ce..ecdb455986153 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/xcp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/xcp/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   cargoHash = "sha256-UdQUrIRos3TmebotdESvKH+90WVMJ0oTc43p+AT4xMI=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An extended cp(1)";
+    description = "Extended cp(1)";
     homepage = "https://github.com/tarka/xcp";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ lom ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/xdaliclock/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/xdaliclock/default.nix
index 333da375d5801..5bd2e719da72d 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/xdaliclock/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/xdaliclock/default.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A clock application that morphs digits when they are changed";
+    description = "Clock application that morphs digits when they are changed";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ raskin ];
     platforms = with platforms; linux ++ freebsd;
     license = licenses.free; #TODO BSD on Gentoo, looks like MIT
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/xdg-ninja/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/xdg-ninja/default.nix
index f3c4ca677051b..e30b7602d1c8c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/xdg-ninja/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/xdg-ninja/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A shell script which checks your $HOME for unwanted files and directories";
+    description = "Shell script which checks your $HOME for unwanted files and directories";
     homepage = "https://github.com/b3nj5m1n/xdg-ninja";
     license = licenses.mit;
     platforms = platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/xjobs/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/xjobs/default.nix
index 9dfa605fbc474..78e030c2e049f 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/xjobs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/xjobs/default.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A program which reads job descriptions line by line and executes them in parallel";
+    description = "Program which reads job descriptions line by line and executes them in parallel";
     homepage = "https://www.maier-komor.de/xjobs.html";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/xstow/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/xstow/default.nix
index e40cffb516599..96e569fe26b0b 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/xstow/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/xstow/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A replacement of GNU Stow written in C++";
+    description = "Replacement of GNU Stow written in C++";
     homepage = "https://github.com/majorkingleo/xstow";
     license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ nzbr ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/xxv/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/xxv/default.nix
index 0068de3c92459..cd0208dd9ecf4 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/xxv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/xxv/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   buildFeatures = lib.optional (!useNcurses) "pancurses-backend";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A visual hex viewer for the terminal";
+    description = "Visual hex viewer for the terminal";
     longDescription = ''
       XXV is a terminal hex viewer with a text user interface, written in 100% safe Rust.
     '';
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/you-get/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/you-get/default.nix
index 65ebf26450a02..785c66db62f88 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/you-get/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/you-get/default.nix
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tiny command line utility to download media contents from the web";
+    description = "Tiny command line utility to download media contents from the web";
     homepage = "https://you-get.org";
     changelog = "https://github.com/soimort/you-get/raw/v${version}/CHANGELOG.rst";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/ytcast/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/ytcast/default.nix
index 798508f2451e5..7466414576955 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/ytcast/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/ytcast/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   ldflags = [ "-X main.progVersion=${version}" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool to cast YouTube videos from the command-line";
+    description = "Tool to cast YouTube videos from the command-line";
     homepage = "https://github.com/MarcoLucidi01/ytcast";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ waelwindows ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/ytfzf/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/ytfzf/default.nix
index 783ac793604fb..c3887972a4ca4 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/ytfzf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/ytfzf/default.nix
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A posix script to find and watch youtube videos from the terminal";
+    description = "Posix script to find and watch youtube videos from the terminal";
     homepage = "https://github.com/pystardust/ytfzf";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
     platforms = platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/yubikey-personalization-gui/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/yubikey-personalization-gui/default.nix
index a63ab7a7ce193..347221ceedf8e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/yubikey-personalization-gui/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/yubikey-personalization-gui/default.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     broken = stdenv.isDarwin;
     homepage = "https://developers.yubico.com/yubikey-personalization-gui";
-    description = "A QT based cross-platform utility designed to facilitate reconfiguration of the Yubikey";
+    description = "QT based cross-platform utility designed to facilitate reconfiguration of the Yubikey";
     license = licenses.bsd2;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     mainProgram = "yubikey-personalization-gui";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/yubikey-personalization/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/yubikey-personalization/default.nix
index f8583f3614024..13a1cc3611973 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/yubikey-personalization/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/yubikey-personalization/default.nix
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://developers.yubico.com/yubikey-personalization";
-    description = "A library and command line tool to personalize YubiKeys";
+    description = "Library and command line tool to personalize YubiKeys";
     license = licenses.bsd2;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/z-lua/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/z-lua/default.nix
index f9347ad41c453..f095a4260b89b 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/z-lua/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/z-lua/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/skywind3000/z.lua";
-    description = "A new cd command that helps you navigate faster by learning your habits";
+    description = "New cd command that helps you navigate faster by learning your habits";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
     mainProgram = "z.lua";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/zellij/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/zellij/default.nix
index dbb7f4ecc0542..ca2ababb464b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/zellij/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/zellij/default.nix
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   passthru.tests.version = testers.testVersion { package = zellij; };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A terminal workspace with batteries included";
+    description = "Terminal workspace with batteries included";
     homepage = "https://zellij.dev/";
     changelog = "https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = with licenses; [ mit ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/zf/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/zf/default.nix
index 402fbbb5f6979..2a5197245990e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/zf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/zf/default.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/natecraddock/zf";
-    description = "A commandline fuzzy finder that prioritizes matches on filenames";
+    description = "Commandline fuzzy finder that prioritizes matches on filenames";
     changelog = "https://github.com/natecraddock/zf/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.version}";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/zotero-translation-server/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/zotero-translation-server/default.nix
index 5150df1fbb8f5..923d9d4de8fb1 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/zotero-translation-server/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/zotero-translation-server/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ buildNpmPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A Node.js-based server to run Zotero translators";
+    description = "Node.js-based server to run Zotero translators";
     homepage = "https://github.com/zotero/translation-server";
     license = licenses.agpl3Only;
     maintainers = [ ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/zoxide/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/zoxide/default.nix
index 091730f7c1e69..5383e8d5376f3 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/zoxide/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/zoxide/default.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A fast cd command that learns your habits";
+    description = "Fast cd command that learns your habits";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ajeetdsouza/zoxide";
     changelog = "https://github.com/ajeetdsouza/zoxide/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = with licenses; [ mit ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/zthrottle/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/zthrottle/default.nix
index 1598215e0eb94..8789af2881460 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/zthrottle/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/zthrottle/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A program that throttles a pipeline, only letting a line through at most every $1 seconds";
+    description = "Program that throttles a pipeline, only letting a line through at most every $1 seconds";
     homepage = "https://github.com/anko/zthrottle";
     license = licenses.unlicense;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.ckie ];
author	Alexis Hildebrandt <afh@surryhill.net>	2024-06-07 09:46:46 +0200
committer	Alexis Hildebrandt <afh@surryhill.net>	2024-06-09 23:07:45 +0200
commit	755b915a158c9d588f08e9b08da9f7f3422070cc (patch)
tree	ed9d7ce9b076a21bc5893e366341188c26281e6c /pkgs/tools/misc
parent	bf995e3641950f4183c1dd9010349263dfa0123b (diff)