diff --git a/npm-react/package.json b/npm-react/package.json
index c0fc9e793a..31d4fb8f7c 100644
--- a/npm-react/package.json
+++ b/npm-react/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "react",
+  "description": "React is a JavaScript library for building user interfaces.",
   "version": "0.9.0-rc1",
   "keywords": [
     "react"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4b898925fb..9c5655414b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "react-tools",
+  "description": "A set of complementary tools to React, including the JSX transformer.",
   "version": "0.9.0-rc1",
   "keywords": [
     "react",