diff --git a/packaging/debian/dotnet-debian_config.json b/packaging/debian/dotnet-debian_config.json
index 154e764fe..6259be130 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/dotnet-debian_config.json
+++ b/packaging/debian/dotnet-debian_config.json
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
     "package_name": "dotnet-dev-%SDK_NUGET_VERSION%",
     "install_root": "/usr/share/dotnet",
 
-    "short_description": ".NET Core & command line tools",              
-    "long_description": ".NET Core is a cross-platform implementation of .NET Framework, a modern, modular platform\n for building diverse kinds of applications, from command-line applications to microservices and \n modern websites.\n This package contains the tools you will need to start writing applications for .NET Core. It includes \n compilers, package managers and other utilities that developers need.", 
+    "short_description": ".NET Core CLI",              
+    "long_description": ".NET Core is a development platform that you can use to build command-line applications, microservices and modern websites. It is open source, cross-platform and is supported by Microsoft. We hope you enjoy using it! If you do, please consider joining the active community of developers that are contributing to the project on GitHub (https://github.com/dotnet/core). We happily accept issues and PRs.", 
     "homepage": "https://dotnet.github.io/core",                        
 
     "release":{
diff --git a/packaging/debian/dotnet-nightly-debian_config.json b/packaging/debian/dotnet-nightly-debian_config.json
index 8a33b27a8..0a4d6380a 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/dotnet-nightly-debian_config.json
+++ b/packaging/debian/dotnet-nightly-debian_config.json
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
     "package_name": "dotnet-nightly",                           
 
-    "short_description": "Unstable Developer Build of .NET Core & command line tools",              
-    "long_description": "Unstable Developer Build of .NET Core is a cross-platform implementation of .NET Framework, a modern, modular platform\n for building diverse kinds of applications, from command-line applications to microservices and \n modern websites.\n This package contains the tools you will need to start writing applications for .NET Core. It includes \n compilers, package managers and other utilities that developers need.", 
+    "short_description": "Unstable Developer Build of .NET Core CLI",              
+    "long_description": ".NET Core is a development platform that you can use to build command-line applications, microservices and modern websites. It is open source, cross-platform and is supported by Microsoft. We hope you enjoy using it! If you do, please consider joining the active community of developers that are contributing to the project on GitHub (https://github.com/dotnet/core). We happily accept issues and PRs.", 
     "homepage": "https://dotnet.github.io/core",                        
 
     "release":{
diff --git a/packaging/host/debian/dotnet-sharedhost-debian_config.json b/packaging/host/debian/dotnet-sharedhost-debian_config.json
index d8f30dc2a..609ef44b3 100644
--- a/packaging/host/debian/dotnet-sharedhost-debian_config.json
+++ b/packaging/host/debian/dotnet-sharedhost-debian_config.json
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
     "package_name": "dotnet-host",
     "install_root": "/usr/share/dotnet",
 
-    "short_description": ".NET Core Shared Host",
-    "long_description": ".NET Core is a cross-platform implementation of .NET Framework, a modern, modular platform\n for building diverse kinds of applications, from command-line applications to microservices and \n modern websites.\n This package contains the host that launches a .NET Core application.",
+    "short_description": ".NET Core Host",
+    "long_description": ".NET Core is a development platform that you can use to build command-line applications, microservices and modern websites. It is open source, cross-platform and is supported by Microsoft. We hope you enjoy using it! If you do, please consider joining the active community of developers that are contributing to the project on GitHub (https://github.com/dotnet/core). We happily accept issues and PRs.",
     "homepage": "https://dotnet.github.io/core",
 
     "release":{
diff --git a/packaging/sharedframework/debian/dotnet-sharedframework-debian_config.json b/packaging/sharedframework/debian/dotnet-sharedframework-debian_config.json
index 588e20981..9414aaf1c 100644
--- a/packaging/sharedframework/debian/dotnet-sharedframework-debian_config.json
+++ b/packaging/sharedframework/debian/dotnet-sharedframework-debian_config.json
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
     "package_name": "%SHARED_FRAMEWORK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_NAME%",
     "install_root": "/usr/share/dotnet",
 
-    "short_description": ".NET Core Shared Framework %SHARED_FRAMEWORK_NUGET_NAME% %SHARED_FRAMEWORK_NUGET_VERSION%",
-    "long_description": ".NET Core is a cross-platform implementation of .NET Framework, a modern, modular platform\n for building diverse kinds of applications, from command-line applications to microservices and \n modern websites.\n This package contains a runtime and framework which can be used by .NET Core applications.",
+    "short_description": ".NET Core %SHARED_FRAMEWORK_NUGET_NAME% %SHARED_FRAMEWORK_NUGET_VERSION%",
+    "long_description": ".NET Core is a development platform that you can use to build command-line applications, microservices and modern websites. It is open source, cross-platform and is supported by Microsoft. We hope you enjoy using it! If you do, please consider joining the active community of developers that are contributing to the project on GitHub (https://github.com/dotnet/core). We happily accept issues and PRs.",
     "homepage": "https://dotnet.github.io/core",
 
     "release":{