diff --git a/q2_demux/plugin_setup.py b/q2_demux/plugin_setup.py
index 365ab60..9d7129c 100644
--- a/q2_demux/plugin_setup.py
+++ b/q2_demux/plugin_setup.py
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@
     website='https://github.com/qiime2/q2-demux',
     package='q2_demux',
     description=('This QIIME 2 plugin supports demultiplexing of '
-                 'single-end and paired-end sequence reads.'),
-    short_description='Plugin for demultiplexing sequence reads.'
+                 'single-end and paired-end sequence reads and '
+                 'visualization of sequence quality information.'),
+    short_description='Plugin for demultiplexing & viewing sequence quality.'
 )
 
 plugin.register_semantic_types(