diff --git a/ext/openssl/openssl.gemspec b/ext/openssl/openssl.gemspec
index 674dc20deb..c194b5049d 100644
--- a/ext/openssl/openssl.gemspec
+++ b/ext/openssl/openssl.gemspec
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.version       = "3.1.0"
   spec.authors       = ["Martin Bosslet", "SHIBATA Hiroshi", "Zachary Scott", "Kazuki Yamaguchi"]
   spec.email         = ["ruby-core@ruby-lang.org"]
-  spec.summary       = %q{OpenSSL provides SSL, TLS and general purpose cryptography.}
-  spec.description   = %q{It wraps the OpenSSL library.}
+  spec.summary       = %q{SSL/TLS and general-purpose cryptography for Ruby}
+  spec.description   = %q{OpenSSL for Ruby provides access to SSL/TLS and general-purpose cryptography based on the OpenSSL library.}
   spec.homepage      = "https://github.com/ruby/openssl"
   spec.license       = "Ruby"