diff --git a/object-store-rs/Cargo.toml b/object-store-rs/Cargo.toml
index 9d10f27c..89f27ccf 100644
--- a/object-store-rs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/object-store-rs/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "object-store-rs"
 version = "0.1.0"
 authors = { workspace = true }
 edition = { workspace = true }
-description = "Core library for representing Arrow data in Python."
+description = "A Python interface to the Rust object_store crate, providing a uniform API for interacting with object storage services and local files."
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = { workspace = true }
 homepage = { workspace = true }