7 files changed, 7 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/boxes/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/boxes/default.nix
index f39349b2fbf09..5340c5eccff9e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/boxes/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/boxes/default.nix
@@ -34,11 +34,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Command line ASCII boxes unlimited!";
-    longDescription = ''
-      Boxes is a command line filter program that draws ASCII art boxes around
-      your input text.
-    '';
+    description = "A command line program which draws, removes, and repairs ASCII art boxes";
     homepage = "https://boxes.thomasjensen.com";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ waiting-for-dev ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/epub2txt2/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/epub2txt2/default.nix
index c8645fc5fe2a2..80a3ebde74547 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/epub2txt2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/epub2txt2/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   makeFlags = [ "CC:=$(CC)" "PREFIX:=$(out)" ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A simple command-line utility for Linux, for extracting text from EPUB documents.";
+    description = "A simple command-line utility for Linux, for extracting text from EPUB documents";
     homepage = "https://github.com/kevinboone/epub2txt2";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3Only;
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/mdbook-graphviz/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/mdbook-graphviz/default.nix
index cdba18e5b0203..ddb4f48fd2f77 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/mdbook-graphviz/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/mdbook-graphviz/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   nativeCheckInputs = [ graphviz ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A preprocessor for mdbook, rendering Graphviz graphs to HTML at build time.";
+    description = "A preprocessor for mdbook, rendering Graphviz graphs to HTML at build time";
     homepage = "https://github.com/dylanowen/mdbook-graphviz";
     changelog = "https://github.com/dylanowen/mdbook-graphviz/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = [ licenses.mpl20 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/mdbook-katex/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/mdbook-katex/default.nix
index 9469c63faefba..ec4223d27dd52 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/mdbook-katex/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/mdbook-katex/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   buildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ CoreServices ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A preprocessor for mdbook, rendering LaTeX equations to HTML at build time.";
+    description = "A preprocessor for mdbook, rendering LaTeX equations to HTML at build time";
     homepage = "https://github.com/lzanini/${pname}";
     license = [ licenses.mit ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ lovesegfault ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/mdbook-linkcheck/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/mdbook-linkcheck/default.nix
index 0d2533eba48df..c144ea4be954d 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/mdbook-linkcheck/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/mdbook-linkcheck/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   passthru.tests.version = testers.testVersion { package = mdbook-linkcheck; };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A backend for `mdbook` which will check your links for you.";
+    description = "A backend for `mdbook` which will check your links for you";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Michael-F-Bryan/mdbook-linkcheck";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ zhaofengli ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/ruby-zoom/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/ruby-zoom/default.nix
index 965d23d0c44bf..06e505816648e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/ruby-zoom/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/ruby-zoom/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ bundlerEnv {
   passthru.updateScript = bundlerUpdateScript "ruby-zoom";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Quickly open CLI search results in your favorite editor!";
+    description = "Quickly open CLI search results in your favorite editor";
     homepage    = "https://gitlab.com/mjwhitta/zoom";
     license     = with licenses; gpl3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ vmandela nicknovitski ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/to-html/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/to-html/default.nix
index 0b49fd8be2b1f..9e176a5ad19cf 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/to-html/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/to-html/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = {
-    description = "Terminal wrapper for rendering a terminal on a website by converting ANSI escape sequences to HTML.";
+    description = "Terminal wrapper for rendering a terminal on a website by converting ANSI escape sequences to HTML";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Aloso/to-html";
     changelog = "https://github.com/Aloso/to-html/blob/${src.rev}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;