diff --git a/apache-maven/pom.xml b/apache-maven/pom.xml
index ef1e89c782..5c2e06cce7 100644
--- a/apache-maven/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-maven/pom.xml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>Maven Distribution</name>
+  <description>Module to build the Maven distribution, source and binary, in zip and tar.gz formats.</description>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/maven-aether-provider/pom.xml b/maven-aether-provider/pom.xml
index 05b1f429bc..aa08f2e114 100644
--- a/maven-aether-provider/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-aether-provider/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ under the License.
 
   <name>Maven Aether Provider</name>
   <description>
-    This module provides extensions to Aether for utilizing the Maven POM and Maven repository metadata.
+    This module provides extensions to Aether for utilizing the Maven POM and Maven repository metadata for artifacts resolution
+    and download.
   </description>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/maven-compat/pom.xml b/maven-compat/pom.xml
index 8cd8648214..0dcc4a9748 100644
--- a/maven-compat/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-compat/pom.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
   <artifactId>maven-compat</artifactId>
 
   <name>Maven Compat</name>
+  <description>Maven classes maintained as compatibility layer for tools done with Maven 2.</description>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/maven-core/pom.xml b/maven-core/pom.xml
index 9a8c1ccf6e..91c2ff41b3 100644
--- a/maven-core/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-core/pom.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
   <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
 
   <name>Maven Core</name>
+  <description>Maven Core classes.</description>
 
   <dependencies>
     <!--  Maven -->
diff --git a/maven-embedder/pom.xml b/maven-embedder/pom.xml
index 2fe62cc217..8538f7f0d8 100644
--- a/maven-embedder/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-embedder/pom.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
   <artifactId>maven-embedder</artifactId>
 
   <name>Maven Embedder</name>
+  <description>Maven embeddable component, with CLI support.</description>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/maven-model-builder/pom.xml b/maven-model-builder/pom.xml
index c170da1cbb..58c113c100 100644
--- a/maven-model-builder/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-model-builder/pom.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
   <artifactId>maven-model-builder</artifactId>
 
   <name>Maven Model Builder</name>
+  <description>The effective model builder, with inheritance, profile activation</description>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/maven-model/pom.xml b/maven-model/pom.xml
index a7a5eb0b67..82c77686e9 100644
--- a/maven-model/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-model/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ under the License.
   <artifactId>maven-model</artifactId>
 
   <name>Maven Model</name>
-  <description>Maven Model</description>
+  <description>Model for Maven POM (Project Object Model)</description>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/maven-plugin-api/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-api/pom.xml
index ad358fb018..ff42e1165f 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-api/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-api/pom.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ under the License.
   <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
 
   <name>Maven Plugin API</name>
+  <description>The API for plugins - Mojos - development.</description>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/maven-repository-metadata/pom.xml b/maven-repository-metadata/pom.xml
index e790a42350..eac5f47416 100644
--- a/maven-repository-metadata/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-repository-metadata/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ under the License.
   <artifactId>maven-repository-metadata</artifactId>
 
   <name>Maven Repository Metadata Model</name>
-  <description>Per-directory repository metadata.</description>
+  <description>Per-directory local and remote repository metadata.</description>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/maven-settings-builder/pom.xml b/maven-settings-builder/pom.xml
index 9625ddb1f8..7de14ec589 100644
--- a/maven-settings-builder/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-settings-builder/pom.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ under the License.
   <artifactId>maven-settings-builder</artifactId>
 
   <name>Maven Settings Builder</name>
+  <description>The effective settings builder, with inheritance and password decryption.</description>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/maven-settings/pom.xml b/maven-settings/pom.xml
index 3c841645e8..5a297f4065 100644
--- a/maven-settings/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-settings/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ under the License.
   <artifactId>maven-settings</artifactId>
 
   <name>Maven Settings</name>
-  <description>Maven Settings</description>
+  <description>Maven Settings model.</description>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>