diff --git a/iroh/Cargo.toml b/iroh/Cargo.toml
index 69ec85d66b..3c2168a87f 100644
--- a/iroh/Cargo.toml
+++ b/iroh/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "iroh"
 version = "0.21.0"
 edition = "2021"
 readme = "README.md"
-description = "Bytes. Distributed."
+description = "A toolkit for building distributed applications"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 authors = ["dignifiedquire <me@dignifiedquire.com>", "n0 team"]
 repository = "https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh"