diff --git a/wdl-ast/Cargo.toml b/wdl-ast/Cargo.toml
index b229963cb..907a2e3b0 100644
--- a/wdl-ast/Cargo.toml
+++ b/wdl-ast/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 authors = ["Clay McLeod <clay.l.mcleod@gmail.com>"]
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
-description = "Abstract syntax tree for Workflow Description Language (WDL) documents"
+description = "An abstract syntax tree for Workflow Description Language (WDL) documents"
 homepage = "https://github.com/stjude-rust-labs/wdl"
 repository = "https://github.com/stjude-rust-labs/wdl"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/wdl-ast"
diff --git a/wdl-core/Cargo.toml b/wdl-core/Cargo.toml
index 9ac1c49ce..e2a8e9877 100644
--- a/wdl-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/wdl-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "wdl-core"
 version = "0.1.0"
-description = "Common functionality used across the `wdl` family of crates"
+description = "Common functionality for the `wdl` family of crates"
 license.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
 
diff --git a/wdl-gauntlet/Cargo.toml b/wdl-gauntlet/Cargo.toml
index 6a2e6138d..f3464c56c 100644
--- a/wdl-gauntlet/Cargo.toml
+++ b/wdl-gauntlet/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "wdl-gauntlet"
 version = "0.1.0"
-description = "Command line tool to test lexing and parsing of community WDL projects"
+description = "Parse tree and abstract syntax tree testing for the `wdl` family of crates"
 license.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
 
diff --git a/wdl-grammar/Cargo.toml b/wdl-grammar/Cargo.toml
index 5dcde525e..00d29247a 100644
--- a/wdl-grammar/Cargo.toml
+++ b/wdl-grammar/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 authors = ["Clay McLeod <clay.l.mcleod@gmail.com>"]
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
-description = "Grammar lexing and parsing for Workflow Description Language (WDL) documents"
+description = "A parse tree for Workflow Description Language (WDL) documents"
 homepage = "https://github.com/stjude-rust-labs/wdl"
 repository = "https://github.com/stjude-rust-labs/wdl"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/wdl-grammar"
diff --git a/wdl-macros/Cargo.toml b/wdl-macros/Cargo.toml
index f4c58b4de..3800c2262 100644
--- a/wdl-macros/Cargo.toml
+++ b/wdl-macros/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 authors = ["Clay McLeod <clay.l.mcleod@gmail.com>"]
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
-description = "Macros used within the `wdl` crate ecosystem."
+description = "Macros used within the `wdl` family of crates"
 homepage = "https://github.com/stjude-rust-labs/wdl"
 repository = "https://github.com/stjude-rust-labs/wdl"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/wdl-macros"
diff --git a/wdl/Cargo.toml b/wdl/Cargo.toml
index 2c39bcb4e..c58faa814 100644
--- a/wdl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/wdl/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version.workspace = true
 authors = ["Clay McLeod <clay.l.mcleod@gmail.com>"]
 license.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
-description = "Workflow Description Language (WDL) document parsing and linting"
+description = "Document lexing, parsing, validation, and linting for Workflow Description Language (WDL) documents"
 homepage = "https://github.com/stjude-rust-labs/wdl"
 repository = "https://github.com/stjude-rust-labs/wdl"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/wdl"