diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ee5656c4..468ea294 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ try:
     url="http://mediagoblin.org/",
     download_url="http://mediagoblin.org/download/",
     long_description=open(READMEFILE).read(),
-    description='MediaGoblin is a place to store all your different media',
+    description='MediaGoblin is a web application for publishing all kinds of media',
     classifiers=[
         "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
         "Environment :: Web Environment",