diff --git a/R/ripserr.R b/R/ripserr.R
index c6e7db4..2d3f6e2 100644
--- a/R/ripserr.R
+++ b/R/ripserr.R
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #' Calculate Persistent Homology with Ripser and Cubical Ripser
 #'
-#' Temp description paragraph; need to replace.
+#' Ports Ripser-based persistent homology calculation engines
+#' from C++ to R using the Rcpp package.
 #'
 #' @useDynLib ripserr
 #' @importFrom Rcpp sourceCpp
diff --git a/man/ripserr.Rd b/man/ripserr.Rd
index 5499466..0587bd4 100644
--- a/man/ripserr.Rd
+++ b/man/ripserr.Rd
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@
 \alias{ripserr}
 \title{Calculate Persistent Homology with Ripser and Cubical Ripser}
 \description{
-Temp description paragraph; need to replace.
+Ports Ripser-based persistent homology calculation engines
+from C++ to R using the Rcpp package.
 }