diff --git a/gedit.spec b/gedit.spec
index 16189b2..19000ce 100644
--- a/gedit.spec
+++ b/gedit.spec
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@
 %define enchant_version 1.2.0
 %define isocodes_version 0.35
 
-Summary:	gEdit is a small but powerful text editor for GNOME
+Summary:	Text editor for the GNOME desktop
 Name:		gedit
 Version: 	2.24.1
-Release: 	1%{?dist}
+Release: 	2%{?dist}
 Epoch:		1
 License:	GPLv2+ and GFDL
 Group:		Applications/Editors
@@ -74,16 +74,19 @@ Requires: gnome-python2-desktop >= %{gnome_python_desktop_version}
 Requires: zenity
 
 %description
-gEdit is a small but powerful text editor designed specifically for
-the GNOME GUI desktop.  gEdit includes a plug-in API (which supports
-extensibility while keeping the core binary small), support for
-editing multiple documents using notebook tabs, and standard text
-editor functions.
+gedit is a small, but powerful text editor designed specifically for
+the GNOME desktop. It has most standard text editor functions and fully
+supports international text in Unicode. Advanced features include syntax 
+highlighting and automatic indentation of source code, printing and editing
+of multiple documents in one window.
 
-You'll need to have GNOME and GTK+ installed to use gEdit.
+gedit is extensible through a plugin system, which currently includes 
+support for spell checking, comparing files, viewing CVS ChangeLogs, and 
+adjusting indentation levels. Further plugins can be found in the 
+gedit-plugins package.
 
 %package devel
-Summary: The files needed for developing plug-ins for the gEdit editor
+Summary: Support for developing plugins for the gedit text editor
 Group: Development/Libraries
 Requires: %{name} = %{epoch}:%{version}-%{release}
 Requires: gtksourceview2-devel >= %{gtksourceview_version}
@@ -92,10 +95,11 @@ Requires: pkgconfig
 Requires: gtk-doc
 
 %description devel
-gEdit is a small but powerful text editor for the GNOME GUI desktop.
-This package allows you to develop plug-ins that work within gEdit.
+gedit is a small, but powerful text editor for the GNOME desktop.
+This package allows you to develop plugins that add new functionality
+to gedit.
 
-Install gedit-devel if you want to write plug-ins for gEdit.
+Install gedit-devel if you want to write plugins for gedit.
 
 %prep
 %setup -n gedit-%{version} -q
@@ -218,6 +222,9 @@ fi
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Nov 21 2008 Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com> - 1:2.24.1-2
+- Improve %%summmary and %%description
+
 * Tue Nov  4 2008 Ray Strode <rstrode@redhat.com> - 1:2.24.1-1
 - Update to 2.24.1 (bug 469934)