diff --git a/recipes/games/game-2048/recipe.toml b/recipes/games/game-2048/recipe.toml
index 0b21ea8f1..18d29f32c 100644
--- a/recipes/games/game-2048/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/games/game-2048/recipe.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [package]
-description = "Unauthorized clone of Sirvo's \"Threes\""
+description = "Sliding numbers puzzle game, similar to \"Threes\""
 
 #TODO: fix rustc-serialize crate error, update?
 [source]
diff --git a/recipes/gui/orbterm/recipe.toml b/recipes/gui/orbterm/recipe.toml
index c37733885..4db68a601 100644
--- a/recipes/gui/orbterm/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/gui/orbterm/recipe.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ cookbook_cargo
 """
 
 [package]
-description = "Standard terminal emulator for Redox"
+description = "Original terminal emulator for Redox"
 dependencies = [
     "orbital"
 ]
diff --git a/recipes/wip/dev/lang/perl5/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/dev/lang/perl5/recipe.toml
index 3e4fe88c2..c31a2ef5d 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/dev/lang/perl5/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/dev/lang/perl5/recipe.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [package]
-description = "Swiss army chainsaw" # WIP
+description = "Practical Extraction and Reporting Language"
 
 #TODO compiles, works in a basic way but needs figuring out why -ldl is ignored
 #TODO also until new signal implementation gets to be the default, remove siginfo struct from relibc's include/bits/signal.h