diff --git a/.changeset/three-carrots-walk.md b/.changeset/three-carrots-walk.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd05319
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/three-carrots-walk.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"@plexus-ms/config": patch
+"@plexus-ms/std": patch
+---
+
+Update package descriptions
diff --git a/packages/config/package.json b/packages/config/package.json
index 0037d42..69d8e4c 100644
--- a/packages/config/package.json
+++ b/packages/config/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@plexus-ms/config",
   "version": "0.2.0",
-  "description": "Shared tool configurations for Plexus repos — each an extend-in-one-line subpath export (§ 9 PLX).",
+  "description": "Shared, extendable tool configurations",
   "license": "GPL-3.0-or-later",
   "files": [
     "biome.json",
diff --git a/packages/std/package.json b/packages/std/package.json
index 28da720..48b573d 100644
--- a/packages/std/package.json
+++ b/packages/std/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@plexus-ms/std",
   "version": "0.1.1",
+  "description": "The Plexus standard library",
   "license": "GPL-3.0-or-later",
   "type": "module",
   "exports": {