diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9c5abcc..9af23bc 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "pacdef"
 version = "1.0.1"
 edition = "2021"
-description = "declarative package manager for Linux"
+description = "multi-backend declarative package manager for Linux"
 license = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
 repository = "https://github.com/steven-omaha/pacdef"
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/crates/pacdef_core/src/args.rs b/crates/pacdef_core/src/args.rs
index b0f2bf3..83fd41e 100644
--- a/crates/pacdef_core/src/args.rs
+++ b/crates/pacdef_core/src/args.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ fn build_cli() -> Command {
     let version_cmd = Command::new(VERSION).about("show version info");
 
     Command::new("pacdef")
-        .about("declarative package manager for Linux")
+        .about("multi-backend declarative package manager for Linux")
         .version(get_version_string())
         .arg_required_else_help(true)
         .subcommand_required(true)