diff --git a/gem2rpm.yml b/gem2rpm.yml
index f42c6ae..790a047 100644
--- a/gem2rpm.yml
+++ b/gem2rpm.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 :summary: 'A fast and flexible HTML Parser'
 # ## used by gem2rpm
 :description: |-
-  Hpricot is a fast, flexible HTML parser written in C. It's designed to be very accommodating (like Tanaka Akira's HTree) and to have a very helpful library. Also, Hpricot can be handy for reading broken XML files, since many of the same techniques can be used.
+  Hpricot is a flexible HTML parser written in C. It's designed to be similar to Tanaka Akira's HTree, and has a library. Hpricot can read broken XML files, since many of the same techniques can be used.
 # ## used by gem2rpm
 # :license: MIT or Ruby
 # ## used by gem2rpm and gem_packages
diff --git a/rubygem-hpricot.changes b/rubygem-hpricot.changes
index 394bab6..149de38 100644
--- a/rubygem-hpricot.changes
+++ b/rubygem-hpricot.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Feb 10 12:10:20 UTC 2018 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Trim rhetorics from description.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Apr 16 19:03:28 UTC 2017 - avvissu@yandex.by
 
diff --git a/rubygem-hpricot.spec b/rubygem-hpricot.spec
index f338702..fd9a23e 100644
--- a/rubygem-hpricot.spec
+++ b/rubygem-hpricot.spec
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ Release:        0
 %define mod_name hpricot
 %define mod_full_name %{mod_name}-%{version}
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
-BuildRequires:  ruby-macros >= 5
 BuildRequires:  %{rubydevel}
 BuildRequires:  %{rubygem gem2rpm}
 BuildRequires:  %{rubygem rdoc > 3.10}
+BuildRequires:  ruby-macros >= 5
 Url:            http://code.whytheluckystiff.net/hpricot/
 Source:         https://rubygems.org/gems/%{mod_full_name}.gem
 Source1:        gem2rpm.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ License:        MIT
 Group:          Development/Languages/Ruby
 
 %description
-Hpricot is a fast, flexible HTML parser written in C. It's designed to be very accommodating (like Tanaka Akira's HTree) and to have a very helpful library. Also, Hpricot can be handy for reading broken XML files, since many of the same techniques can be used.
+Hpricot is a flexible HTML parser written in C. It's designed to be similar to Tanaka Akira's HTree, and has a library. Hpricot can read broken XML files, since many of the same techniques can be used.
 %prep
 
 %build