diff --git a/gem2rpm.yml b/gem2rpm.yml
index 01b0245..3a4be77 100644
--- a/gem2rpm.yml
+++ b/gem2rpm.yml
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@
 # ## used by gem2rpm
 # :summary: this is a custom summary
 # ## used by gem2rpm
-# :description: |-
-#   this is a custom description
-#
+:description: |-
+  font-awesome-rails provides the Font-Awesome web fonts and stylesheets as a
+  Rails engine for use with the asset pipeline.
+
 #   it can be multiline
 # ## used by gem2rpm
-# :license: MIT or Ruby
+:license: MIT and OFL-1.1
 # ## used by gem2rpm and gem_packages
 # :version_suffix: -x_y
 # ## used by gem2rpm and gem_packages
diff --git a/rubygem-font-awesome-rails.changes b/rubygem-font-awesome-rails.changes
index dced15f..804ec2e 100644
--- a/rubygem-font-awesome-rails.changes
+++ b/rubygem-font-awesome-rails.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jan  9 15:25:17 UTC 2018 - dimstar@opensuse.org
+
+- Use a more appropriate description for the package.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue May 23 09:53:22 UTC 2017 - coolo@suse.com
 
diff --git a/rubygem-font-awesome-rails.spec b/rubygem-font-awesome-rails.spec
index 884a5e0..41bfc24 100644
--- a/rubygem-font-awesome-rails.spec
+++ b/rubygem-font-awesome-rails.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package rubygem-font-awesome-rails
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2017 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2018 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -29,20 +29,19 @@ Release:        0
 %define mod_name font-awesome-rails
 %define mod_full_name %{mod_name}-%{version}
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+BuildRequires:  ruby-macros >= 5
 BuildRequires:  %{ruby >= 1.9.3}
 BuildRequires:  %{rubygem gem2rpm}
-BuildRequires:  ruby-macros >= 5
 Url:            https://github.com/bokmann/font-awesome-rails
-Source:         http://rubygems.org/gems/%{mod_full_name}.gem
+Source:         https://rubygems.org/gems/%{mod_full_name}.gem
 Source1:        gem2rpm.yml
 Summary:        an asset gemification of the font-awesome icon font library
 License:        MIT and OFL-1.1
 Group:          Development/Languages/Ruby
 
 %description
-I like font-awesome. I like the asset pipeline. I like semantic versioning. If
-you do too, you're welcome.
-
+font-awesome-rails provides the Font-Awesome web fonts and stylesheets as a
+Rails engine for use with the asset pipeline.
 %prep
 
 %build