diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 38e8fcf..878bf31 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # instaloader
 
-Simple tool to download pictures (or videos) and captions from Instagram, from a given set
+Tool to download pictures (or videos) and captions from Instagram, from a given set
 of profiles, from your feed or from all followees of a given profile.
 
 ## Usage
diff --git a/instaloader.py b/instaloader.py
index fd4b8d3..2008f5a 100755
--- a/instaloader.py
+++ b/instaloader.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
-"""Download pictures and captions from Instagram"""
+"""Tool to download pictures (or videos) and captions from Instagram, from a given set
+of profiles, from your feed or from all followees of a given profile."""
 
 import re, json, datetime, shutil, os, time, random, sys, pickle, getpass, tempfile
 from argparse import ArgumentParser
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a9445c9..a50aac2 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ setup(
     license='MIT',
     author='Alexander Graf, André Koch-Kramer',
     author_email='mail@agraf.me, koch-kramer@web.de',
-    description='Download pictures and captions from Instagram',
+    description='Tool to download pictures (or videos) and captions from Instagram, from a given '
+                'set of profiles, from your feed or from all followees of a given profile.',
     install_requires=['requests>=2.4'],
     python_requires='>=3.3',
     entry_points={'console_scripts': ['instaloader=instaloader:main']},