diff --git a/_pages/projects.md b/_pages/projects.md
index 0ae8816..933282e 100644
--- a/_pages/projects.md
+++ b/_pages/projects.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 layout: page
 title: projects
 permalink: /projects/
-description: A growing collection of your cool projects.
+description: short, distilled descriptions of my research projects
 nav: true
 nav_order: 2
 display_categories: [work, fun]