15 files changed, 15 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/archivers/arc_unpacker/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/archivers/arc_unpacker/default.nix
index 61bf3fa91e741..057efacdbe765 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/archivers/arc_unpacker/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/archivers/arc_unpacker/default.nix
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   doCheck = !(stdenv.isLinux && stdenv.isAarch64);
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool to extract files from visual novel archives";
+    description = "Tool to extract files from visual novel archives";
     homepage = "https://github.com/vn-tools/arc_unpacker";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ midchildan ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/archivers/cpio/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/archivers/cpio/default.nix
index 5b65a580fa673..04c0300944eb4 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/archivers/cpio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/archivers/cpio/default.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/cpio/";
-    description = "A program to create or extract from cpio archives";
+    description = "Program to create or extract from cpio archives";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     platforms = platforms.all;
     priority = 6; # resolves collision with gnutar's "libexec/rmt"
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/archivers/ctrtool/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/archivers/ctrtool/default.nix
index 74b95a116575e..77bf7b306ad9e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/archivers/ctrtool/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/archivers/ctrtool/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     license = licenses.mit;
-    description = "A tool to extract data from a 3ds rom";
+    description = "Tool to extract data from a 3ds rom";
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.marius851000 ];
     mainProgram = "ctrtool";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/archivers/innoextract/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/archivers/innoextract/default.nix
index 386c6349d0889..1219c48ab7d29 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/archivers/innoextract/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/archivers/innoextract/default.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A tool to unpack installers created by Inno Setup";
+    description = "Tool to unpack installers created by Inno Setup";
     homepage = "https://constexpr.org/innoextract/";
     license = licenses.zlib;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ abbradar ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/archivers/ndstool/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/archivers/ndstool/default.nix
index e612d83d066d1..6bbc5f50d6442 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/archivers/ndstool/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/archivers/ndstool/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/devkitPro/ndstool";
-    description = "A tool to unpack and repack nds rom";
+    description = "Tool to unpack and repack nds rom";
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.marius851000 ];
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3;
     mainProgram = "ndstool";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/archivers/p7zip/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/archivers/p7zip/default.nix
index 23ffdcc41a70c..3ced84bed025f 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/archivers/p7zip/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/archivers/p7zip/default.nix
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/p7zip-project/p7zip";
-    description = "A new p7zip fork with additional codecs and improvements (forked from https://sourceforge.net/projects/p7zip/)";
+    description = "New p7zip fork with additional codecs and improvements (forked from https://sourceforge.net/projects/p7zip/)";
     license = with licenses;
       # p7zip code is largely lgpl2Plus
       # CPP/7zip/Compress/LzfseDecoder.cpp is bsd3
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/archivers/payload-dumper-go/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/archivers/payload-dumper-go/default.nix
index bb1572e1ceb67..e10b41cbef995 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/archivers/payload-dumper-go/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/archivers/payload-dumper-go/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   buildInputs = [ xz ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An android OTA payload dumper written in Go";
+    description = "Android OTA payload dumper written in Go";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ssut/payload-dumper-go";
     changelog = "https://github.com/ssut/payload-dumper-go/releases/tag/${version}";
     license = licenses.asl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/archivers/runzip/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/archivers/runzip/default.nix
index 02b6bd45d8e1d..90eb6d1013876 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/archivers/runzip/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/archivers/runzip/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A tool to convert filename encoding inside a ZIP archive";
+    description = "Tool to convert filename encoding inside a ZIP archive";
     license = lib.licenses.bsd2;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.raskin ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/archivers/s-tar/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/archivers/s-tar/default.nix
index 89830322267c5..f16c9eaf49821 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/archivers/s-tar/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/archivers/s-tar/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A very fast tar like tape archiver with improved functionality";
+    description = "Very fast tar like tape archiver with improved functionality";
     longDescription = ''
       Star archives and extracts multiple files to and from a single file called a tarfile.
       A tarfile is usually a magnetic tape, but it can be any file.
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/archivers/snzip/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/archivers/snzip/default.nix
index 6ae59143f3e95..b6e671839ab03 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/archivers/snzip/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/archivers/snzip/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A compression/decompression tool based on snappy";
+    description = "Compression/decompression tool based on snappy";
     homepage = "https://github.com/kubo/snzip";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ doronbehar ];
     license = licenses.bsd2;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/archivers/torrent7z/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/archivers/torrent7z/default.nix
index 74eaa4409f75b..f18871baae93f 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/archivers/torrent7z/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/archivers/torrent7z/default.nix
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/BubblesInTheTub/torrent7z";
-    description = "A fork of torrent7z, viz a derivative of 7zip that produces invariant .7z archives for torrenting";
+    description = "Fork of torrent7z, viz a derivative of 7zip that produces invariant .7z archives for torrenting";
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ cirno-999 ];
     mainProgram = "t7z";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/archivers/unar/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/archivers/unar/default.nix
index b874522d87f08..44a5d4d1192de 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/archivers/unar/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/archivers/unar/default.nix
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://theunarchiver.com";
-    description = "An archive unpacker program";
+    description = "Archive unpacker program";
     longDescription = ''
       The Unarchiver is an archive unpacker program with support for the popular
       zip, RAR, 7z, tar, gzip, bzip2, LZMA, XZ, CAB, MSI, NSIS, EXE, ISO, BIN,
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/archivers/unzip/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/archivers/unzip/default.nix
index 9860817cf3e15..d7533f0bf90fb 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/archivers/unzip/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/archivers/unzip/default.nix
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.info-zip.org";
-    description = "An extraction utility for archives compressed in .zip format";
+    description = "Extraction utility for archives compressed in .zip format";
     license = lib.licenses.info-zip;
     platforms = lib.platforms.all;
     mainProgram = "unzip";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/archivers/wimlib/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/archivers/wimlib/default.nix
index 6baf1ac89645e..8a40a6ae10774 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/archivers/wimlib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/archivers/wimlib/default.nix
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://wimlib.net";
-    description = "A library and program to extract, create, and modify WIM files";
+    description = "Library and program to extract, create, and modify WIM files";
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
     license = with licenses; [ gpl3 lgpl3 mit ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/archivers/xarchive/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/archivers/xarchive/default.nix
index 733639c3e1067..193e319cafdd6 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/archivers/xarchive/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/archivers/xarchive/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A GTK front-end for command line archiving tools";
+    description = "GTK front-end for command line archiving tools";
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.domenkozar ];
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = lib.platforms.all;