diff --git a/libuv.changes b/libuv.changes
index ffc8626..494ec31 100644
--- a/libuv.changes
+++ b/libuv.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jul 27 22:00:21 UTC 2016 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Trim filler words from description
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Jan 30 22:30:34 UTC 2016 - mpluskal@suse.com
 
diff --git a/libuv.spec b/libuv.spec
index a7485de..9bf227d 100644
--- a/libuv.spec
+++ b/libuv.spec
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 Name:           libuv
 Version:        1.8.0
 Release:        0
-Summary:        Cross-platform asychronous I/O
+Summary:        Asychronous I/O support library
 License:        MIT
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
 Url:            https://github.com/libuv/libuv
@@ -32,18 +32,18 @@ BuildRequires:  pkg-config
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
 %description
-libuv is a multi-platform support library with a focus on asynchronous I/O. It
-was primarily developed for use by Node.js, but it's also used by Mozilla's
-Rust language, Luvit, Julia, pyuv, and others.
+libuv is a support library with a focus on asynchronous I/O. It was
+primarily developed for use by Node.js, but it is also used by
+Mozilla's Rust language, Luvit, Julia, pyuv, and others.
 
 %package     -n libuv%{somajor}
-Summary:        Cross-platform asychronous I/O
+Summary:        Asychronous I/O support library
 Group:          System/Libraries
 
 %description -n libuv%{somajor}
-libuv is a multi-platform support library with a focus on asynchronous I/O. It
-was primarily developed for use by Node.js, but it's also used by Mozilla's
-Rust language, Luvit, Julia, pyuv, and others.
+libuv is a support library with a focus on asynchronous I/O. It was
+primarily developed for use by Node.js, but it is also used by
+Mozilla's Rust language, Luvit, Julia, pyuv, and others.
 
 %package        devel
 Summary:        Development libraries for libuv
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ BuildRequires:  glibc-devel
 Requires:       libuv%{somajor} = %{version}
 
 %description    devel
-Development files for libuv
+Development files for libuv.
 
-libuv is a multi-platform support library with a focus on asynchronous I/O. It
-was primarily developed for use by Node.js, but it's also used by Mozilla's
-Rust language, Luvit, Julia, pyuv, and others.
+libuv is a support library with a focus on asynchronous I/O. It was
+primarily developed for use by Node.js, but it is also used by
+Mozilla's Rust language, Luvit, Julia, pyuv, and others.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q