diff --git a/python-plyvel.changes b/python-plyvel.changes
index d4402aa..c93c619 100644
--- a/python-plyvel.changes
+++ b/python-plyvel.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jun 21 09:31:49 UTC 2017 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Trim filler wording from description and replace by a
+  substantiated feature list.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Jun 11 10:16:54 UTC 2017 - mpluskal@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python-plyvel.spec b/python-plyvel.spec
index 73ce1ff..62a42ff 100644
--- a/python-plyvel.spec
+++ b/python-plyvel.spec
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 Name:           python-plyvel
 Version:        0.9
 Release:        0
-Summary:        Fast and feature-rich Python interface to LevelDB
+Summary:        Python interface to LevelDB
 License:        BSD-3-Clause
 Group:          Productivity/Networking/Other
 Url:            https://github.com/wbolster/plyvel
@@ -38,10 +38,12 @@ BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
 %python_subpackages
 
 %description
-Plyvel is a fast and feature-rich Python interface to LevelDB.
+Plyvel is a Python interface to LevelDB.
 
-Plyvel has a rich feature set, high performance, and a friendly Pythonic
-API.
+In addition to basic features like getting, putting and deleting
+data, Plyvel allows you to use write batches, database snapshots,
+very flexible iterators, prefixed databases, bloom filters, custom
+cache sizes, custom comparators.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n plyvel-%{version}