diff --git a/packages/gatsby-source-filesystem/package.json b/packages/gatsby-source-filesystem/package.json
index 60e256d354637..b3a7f6c85e95f 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-source-filesystem/package.json
+++ b/packages/gatsby-source-filesystem/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "gatsby-source-filesystem",
-  "description": "Gatsby plugin which parses files within a directory for further parsing by other plugins",
+  "description": "Gatsby source plugin for building websites from local data. Markdown, JSON, images, YAML, CSV, and dozens of other data types supported.",
   "version": "2.7.0-next.2",
   "author": "Kyle Mathews <mathews.kyle@gmail.com>",
   "bugs": {