diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index d22ad05..91cb22e 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 site_name: napari-svg
-site_description: An io plugin for reading and writing svg files with napari
+site_description: An io plugin for writing svg files with napari
 site_author: Nicholas Sofroniew
 
 theme: readthedocs