diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6fa5a8c41..cc8131058 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,29 +12,22 @@ A framework for creating flexible, powerful admin dashboards in Rails.
 
 ![administrate](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/11917/72203824-ec10f980-3468-11ea-9ac1-51cd28ff88b7.png)
 
-## What Is Administrate?
+## What's Administrate?
 
-Administrate is a library for Rails apps
-that automatically generates admin dashboards.
-Administrate's admin dashboards give non-technical users clean interfaces
-that allow them to create, edit, search, and delete records
-for any model in the application.
-
-Administrate solves the same problem as [Rails Admin] and [ActiveAdmin],
-but aims to provide a better user experience for site admins,
-and to be easier for developers to customize.
+Administrate is a library for Rails that generates admin dashboards. These give
+users clean interfaces that allow them to create, edit, search, and delete
+records for any model in the application. Administrate aims to provide the best
+user experience, and doing as much work as possible for you, whilst also being
+flexible to customise.
 
 To accomplish these goals, Administrate follows a few guiding principles:
 
-- Stay as close to standard Rails as possible, keeping the
+* Stay as close to standard Rails as possible, keeping the
   Administrate-specific code as small as practical,
-- Support the simplest use cases, and let the user override defaults with
+* Support the simplest use cases, and let the user override defaults with
   standard tools such as plain Rails controllers and views,
-- Break up the library into core components and plugins,
-  so each component stays small and easy to maintain.
-
-[Rails Admin]: https://github.com/sferik/rails_admin
-[ActiveAdmin]: http://activeadmin.info/
+* Break up the library into core components and plugins, so each component
+  stays small and pleasant to maintain.
 
 ## Documentation
 
diff --git a/administrate.gemspec b/administrate.gemspec
index f1132c0ba..b3a83e293 100644
--- a/administrate.gemspec
+++ b/administrate.gemspec
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ require "administrate/version"
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = "administrate"
   s.version = Administrate::VERSION
-  s.authors = ["Nick Charlton", "Grayson Wright"]
-  s.email = ["nick@nickcharlton.net", "grayson@thoughtbot.com"]
+  s.authors = ["Nick Charlton"]
+  s.email = ["nick@nickcharlton.net"]
   s.homepage = "https://administrate-demo.herokuapp.com/"
   s.summary = "A Rails engine for creating super-flexible admin dashboards"
   s.license = "MIT"
@@ -19,18 +19,10 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_dependency "kaminari", "~> 1.2.2"
 
   s.description = <<~DESCRIPTION
-    Administrate is heavily inspired by projects like Rails Admin and ActiveAdmin,
-    but aims to provide a better user experience for site admins,
-    and to be easier for developers to customize.
-    
-    To do that, we're following a few simple rules:
-    
-    - Stay as close to standard Rails as possible, keeping the
-      Administrate-specific code as small as practical,
-    - Support the simplest use cases,
-      and let the user override defaults with standard tools
-      such as plain Rails controllers and views.
-    - Break up the library into core components and plugins,
-      so each component stays small and easy to maintain.
+    Administrate is a library for Rails that generates admin dashboards. These
+    give users clean interfaces that allow them to create, edit, search, and
+    delete records for any model in the application. Administrate aims to
+    provide the best user experience, and doing as much work as possible for
+    you, whilst also being flexible to customise.
   DESCRIPTION
 end