diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
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--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Introduction
 ============
 
-shade is a simple client library for operating OpenStack clouds. The
+shade is a simple client library for interacting with OpenStack clouds. The
 key word here is *simple*. Clouds can do many many many things - but there are
 probably only about 10 of them that most people care about with any
 regularity. If you want to do complicated things, you should probably use
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = shade
-summary = Client library for operating OpenStack clouds
+summary = Simple client library for interacting with OpenStack clouds
 description-file =
     README.rst
 author = OpenStack Infrastructure Team