diff --git a/minecode/README.rst b/minecode/README.rst
index 5a1f0dd8..a491ee74 100644
--- a/minecode/README.rst
+++ b/minecode/README.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 minecode
 =========
 
-Tools to collect purls
+MineCode is a Django web app that visits upstream package repositories and saves the package metadata to the PackageDB.
diff --git a/packagedb/README.rst b/packagedb/README.rst
index a4664b50..369a8e2b 100644
--- a/packagedb/README.rst
+++ b/packagedb/README.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 packagedb
 =========
 
-A database of purl
+PackageDB is a Django web app that provides the model for storing package metadata.