5 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/mail/exim/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/mail/exim/default.nix
index 3dd0463b604f..856d4f61c54d 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/mail/exim/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/mail/exim/default.nix
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    homepage = "http://exim.org/";
-    description = "A mail transfer agent (MTA) for hosts that are running Unix or Unix-like operating systems";
+    homepage = http://exim.org/;
+    description = "A mail transfer agent (MTA)";
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3;
     platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
     maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.tv ];
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/nosql/hyperdex/busybee.nix b/pkgs/servers/nosql/hyperdex/busybee.nix
index 19482db6f5a6..9fdbbf064b05 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/nosql/hyperdex/busybee.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/nosql/hyperdex/busybee.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   preConfigure = "autoreconf -i";
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "BusyBee is a high-performance messaging layer.";
+    description = "A high-performance messaging layer";
     homepage = https://github.com/rescrv/busybee;
     license = licenses.bsd3;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/nosql/hyperdex/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/nosql/hyperdex/default.nix
index 44cc0752088a..7ed3661b87ff 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/nosql/hyperdex/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/nosql/hyperdex/default.nix
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   preConfigure = "autoreconf -fi";
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "HyperDex is a scalable, searchable key-value store";
+    description = "A scalable, searchable key-value store";
     homepage = http://hyperdex.org;
     license = licenses.bsd3;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/nosql/hyperdex/replicant.nix b/pkgs/servers/nosql/hyperdex/replicant.nix
index c064aa419cde..69146b586723 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/nosql/hyperdex/replicant.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/nosql/hyperdex/replicant.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   preConfigure = "autoreconf -i";
   
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "A system for maintaining replicated state machines.";
+    description = "A system for maintaining replicated state machines";
     homepage = https://github.com/rescrv/Replicant;
     license = licenses.bsd3;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/monetdb/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/sql/monetdb/default.nix
index 2293e2ab3161..ebc0cffb3aa2 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/sql/monetdb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/sql/monetdb/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ composableDerivation.composableDerivation {} {
   '';
 
   meta = { 
-    description = "MonetDB is a open-source database system for high-performance applications in data mining, OLAP, GIS, XML Query, text and multimedia retrieval";
+    description = "A open-source database system for high-performance applications in data mining, OLAP, GIS, XML Query, text and multimedia retrieval";
     homepage = http://monetdb.cwi.nl/;
     license = "MonetDB Public License"; # very similar to Mozilla public license (MPL) Version see 1.1 http://monetdb.cwi.nl/Legal/MonetDBLicense-1.1.html 
   };