diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index fe9181e..c9badde 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 .. image:: https://travis-ci.org/pyca/cryptography.png?branch=master
    :target: https://travis-ci.org/pyca/cryptography
 
-``cryptography`` is a package designed to expose cryptographic primitives and
-recipes to Python developers.
+``cryptography`` is a package designed to expose cryptographic recipes and
+primitives to Python developers.
 
 It is currently in early development and isn't recommended for general usage
 yet. It targets Python 2.6-2.7, Python 3.2+, as well as PyPy.
diff --git a/cryptography/__about__.py b/cryptography/__about__.py
index e5eca6c..cd207fc 100644
--- a/cryptography/__about__.py
+++ b/cryptography/__about__.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 __title__ = "cryptography"
 __summary__ = ("cryptography is a package designed to expose cryptographic "
-               "primitives and recipes to Python developers.")
+               "recipes and primitives to Python developers.")
 __uri__ = "https://github.com/pyca/cryptography"
 
 __version__ = "0.1.dev1"