diff --git a/android/pom.xml b/android/pom.xml
index 9dfe805dd1d4..b28c9df943d7 100644
--- a/android/pom.xml
+++ b/android/pom.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   <version>28.0-android</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Guava Maven Parent</name>
+  <description>Parent for guava artifacts</description>
   <url>https://github.com/google/guava</url>
   <properties>
     <!-- Override this with -Dtest.include="**/SomeTest.java" on the CLI -->
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 135dbeb933b8..1030fc52c00b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   <version>28.0-jre</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Guava Maven Parent</name>
+  <description>Parent for guava artifacts</description>
   <url>https://github.com/google/guava</url>
   <properties>
     <!-- Override this with -Dtest.include="**/SomeTest.java" on the CLI -->