diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3656348e8..af12621fd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
   <artifactId>httpcomponents-client</artifactId>
   <name>HttpComponents Client</name>
   <version>4.2-alpha1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <description>Components to build client side HTTP services</description>
+  <description>Apache HttpComponents Client is a library of components for building client side HTTP services</description>
   <url>http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client</url>
   <inceptionYear>1999</inceptionYear>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>