diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ca8d51c4..a8617c5c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 [![Documentation Status](https://readthedocs.org/projects/itkwidgets/badge/?version=latest)](https://itkwidgets.readthedocs.io/en/latest/?badge=latest)
 [![Notebook tests](https://github.com/InsightSoftwareConsortium/itkwidgets/actions/workflows/notebook-test.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/InsightSoftwareConsortium/itkwidgets/actions/workflows/notebook-test.yml)
 
-Interactive widgets to visualize images, point sets, and 3D geometry on the web.
+ITKWidgets is an elegant Python interface for visualization on the web platform to interactively generate insights into multidimensional images, point sets, and geometry.
 
 ![Hello 3D World](./docs/images/Hello3DWorld.gif)
 
diff --git a/itkwidgets/__init__.py b/itkwidgets/__init__.py
index 872ddbac..b982ad7e 100644
--- a/itkwidgets/__init__.py
+++ b/itkwidgets/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-"""itkwidgets: Interactive widgets to visualize images, point sets, and 3D geometry on the web."""
+"""itkwidgets: an elegant Python interface for visualization on the web platform
+to interactively generate insights into multidimensional images, point sets, and geometry."""
 from .integrations.environment import ENVIRONMENT, Env
 
 if ENVIRONMENT is not Env.HYPHA:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 82f3fa5c..80e73abe 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ name = "itkwidgets"
 authors = [{name = "Matt McCormick", email = "matt.mccormick@kitware.com"}]
 readme = "README.md"
 license = {file = "LICENSE"}
-dynamic = ["version", "description"]
+dynamic = ["version",]
+description = "An elegant Python interface for visualization on the web platform to interactively generate insights into multidimensional images, point sets, and geometry."
 classifiers = [
     "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
     "Programming Language :: Python",
diff --git a/utilities/release-notes.py b/utilities/release-notes.py
index 3ac35e83..15387db7 100644
--- a/utilities/release-notes.py
+++ b/utilities/release-notes.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     version = current_tag[1:]
     fp.write('# itkwidgets {0}\n\n'.format(version))
 
-    fp.write('`itkwidgets` provides interactive widgets to visualize images, point sets, and 3D geometry on the web.\n\n')
+    fp.write('`itkwidgets` provides an elegant Python interface for visualization on the web platform to interactively generate insights into multidimensional images, point sets, and geometry.\n\n')
 
     fp.write('## Installation\n\n')
     fp.write('```\n')