diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index f0cbc2c..05b8c71 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ Authors@R: c( person("Claus O.", "Wilke", role = c("aut", "cre"), email =
     "wilke@austin.utexas.edu"), person("Hadley", "Wickham", role = c("cph"),
     email = "h.wickham@gmail.com") )
 Description: Some helpful extensions and modifications to the 'ggplot2'
-    library. In particular, this package makes it easy to combine multiple
+    package. In particular, this package makes it easy to combine multiple
     'ggplot2' plots into one and label them with letters, e.g. A, B, C, etc.,
     as is often required for scientific publications. The package also provides
     a streamlined and clean theme that is used in the Wilke lab, hence the
-    package name, which stands for Claus O. Wilke's plot library.
+    package name, which stands for Claus O. Wilke's plot package.
 URL: https://github.com/wilkelab/cowplot
 Depends:
     R (>= 3.2.0),