diff --git a/licenses/public-domain.txt b/licenses/public-domain.txt
index 24ed278..1658647 100644
--- a/licenses/public-domain.txt
+++ b/licenses/public-domain.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ permalink: /licenses/public-domain/
 class: license-types
 title: Public Domain (Unlicense)
 
-description: The Unlicense is a template for disclaiming copyright interest in software you've written, a template for dedicating your software to the public domain. It combines a copyright waiver patterned after the very successful public domain SQLite project with the no-warranty statement from the widely-used MIT/X11 license.
+description: The Unlicense is a template to waive copyright interest in software you've written and dedicate it to the public domain. It combines a copyright waiver patterned after the successful public domain project SQLite with the no-warranty statement from the widely-used MIT/X11 license.
 
 how: Create a text file (typically named UNLICENSE or UNLICENSE.txt) in the root of your source code and copy the text of the license disclaimer into the file.