diff --git a/distro/profile.xml b/distro/profile.xml
index 651f753..53c97cb 100644
--- a/distro/profile.xml
+++ b/distro/profile.xml
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
     <ID/>
     <Type>Service</Type>
     <Profile>
-    	<Description>The gCube Data Trasfer HTTP URI resolver</Description>
+    	<Description>${description}</Description>
         <Class>DataTransfer</Class>
         <Name>${artifactId}</Name>
         <Version>1.0.0</Version>
         <Packages>
             <Software>
-            	<Description>The gCube Data Trasfer HTTP URI resolver</Description>
+            	<Description>${description}</Description>
             	<Name>${artifactId}</Name>
 				<Version>${version}</Version>
 				<MavenCoordinates>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6f21a29..2f52c47 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	<artifactId>uri-resolver</artifactId>
 	<version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>war</packaging>
-	<description>The URI Resolver is an HTTP URI resolver implemented as an HTTP servlet which gives access trough HTTP to different protocols URIs. </description>
+	<description>The URI Resolver is an HTTP URI resolver implemented as an REST service which gives access trough HTTP to different gcube Resolvers and gCube Applications. </description>
 
 	<scm>
 		<connection>scm:svn:http://svn.d4science.research-infrastructures.eu/gcube/trunk/data-transfer/${project.artifactId}</connection>