diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 49c76a8..b38e006 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # gCube Catalogue (gCat) API
 
-Resource Registry API is a library containing classes shared across gcat* components
+gCube Catalogue (gCat) API is a library containing classes shared across gcat* components
 
 ## Built With
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9de8ce9..507bd6a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 	<artifactId>gcat-api</artifactId>
 	<version>1.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<name>gCube Catalogue (gCat) API</name>
-	<description>Resource Registry API is a library containing classes shared across gcat* components</description>
+	<description>gCube Catalogue (gCat) API is a library containing classes shared across gcat* components</description>
 
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>