diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Shadow
 
-Gradle plugin for creating fat/uber JARs with support for package relocation.
+A Gradle plugin for creating fat/uber JARs, transforming files, relocating packages, and optimizing applications
+with R8/ProGuard. The Gradle counterpart to Maven's Shade plugin.
 
 > [!NOTE]\
 > Previously this plugin was developed by [@johnrengelman](https://github.com/johnrengelman) and published under the
diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
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 # Introduction
 
-Shadow is a Gradle plugin for combining a project's dependency classes and resources into a single
-output Jar. The combined Jar is often referred to a _fat-jar_ or _uber-jar_.
-Shadow utilizes [`JarInputStream`][JarInputStream] and [`JarOutputStream`][JarOutputStream] to efficiently process
-dependent libraries into the output jar without incurring the I/O overhead of expanding the jars to disk.
+A Gradle plugin for creating fat/uber JARs, transforming files, relocating packages, and optimizing applications
+with R8/ProGuard. The Gradle counterpart to Maven's Shade plugin.
 
 !!! warning "Plugin ID Change"
 
@@ -68,7 +66,5 @@ library's dependencies will not conflict with the same dependency being declared
 
 
 
-[JarInputStream]: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/jar/JarInputStream.html
-[JarOutputStream]: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/jar/JarOutputStream.html
 [johnrengelman's]: https://plugins.gradle.org/plugin/com.github.johnrengelman.shadow
 [gradleup's]: https://plugins.gradle.org/plugin/com.gradleup.shadow
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
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--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ POM_ARTIFACT_ID=shadow-gradle-plugin
 VERSION_NAME=9.7.0-SNAPSHOT
 
 POM_NAME=Shadow Gradle Plugin
-POM_DESCRIPTION=Gradle plugin to create fat/uber JARs, apply file transforms, and relocate packages for applications and libraries. Gradle version of Maven's Shade plugin.
+POM_DESCRIPTION=Gradle plugin for creating fat/uber JARs, transforming files, relocating packages, and optimizing applications with R8/ProGuard. The Gradle counterpart to Maven's Shade plugin.
 POM_INCEPTION_YEAR=2024
 POM_URL=https://github.com/GradleUp/shadow
 
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
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+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 site_name: Shadow Gradle Plugin
 repo_name: Shadow
 repo_url: https://github.com/GradleUp/shadow
-site_description: "Gradle plugin to create fat/uber JARs, apply file transforms, and relocate packages for applications and libraries"
+site_description: "A Gradle plugin for creating fat/uber JARs, transforming files, relocating packages, and optimizing applications with R8/ProGuard. The Gradle counterpart to Maven's Shade plugin."
 site_author: GradleUp developers
 remote_branch: gh-pages
 edit_uri: edit/main/docs