diff --git a/textproc/nuspell/Makefile b/textproc/nuspell/Makefile
index 1039f750ef79..7b30d03d1494 100644
--- a/textproc/nuspell/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/nuspell/Makefile
@@ -1,33 +1,33 @@
 PORTNAME=	nuspell
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 DISTVERSION=	5.1.0
 CATEGORIES=	textproc
 
 MAINTAINER=	jbeich@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	Free and open source C++ spell checking library
+COMMENT=	Fast and safe spellchecking C++ library
 
 LICENSE=	LGPL3+
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING.LESSER
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libicuuc.so:devel/icu
 TEST_DEPENDS=	catch>0:devel/catch
 
 USES=		cmake:testing compiler:c++17-lang
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 CMAKE_OFF+=	${CMAKE_TESTING_ON}
 
 post-patch:
 # Skip README as it only contains install instructions
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -i .doc '/README/d' ${WRKSRC}/CMakeLists.txt
 # Respect PREFIX != /usr/local
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's,/usr/local,${PREFIX},' \
 		${WRKSRC}/src/nuspell/finder.cxx
 
 makepatch-clean:
 	@${RM} ${WRKSRC}/tests/suggestiontest/Makefile.orig
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
 
 # XXX Don't override definition in Mk/bsd.port.mk
 makepatch:	makepatch-clean
diff --git a/textproc/nuspell/pkg-descr b/textproc/nuspell/pkg-descr
index bbc21dc650a5..8c8c1a49b0d9 100644
--- a/textproc/nuspell/pkg-descr
+++ b/textproc/nuspell/pkg-descr
@@ -1,18 +1,20 @@
-Nuspell is a free and open source spell checker library and command-line
-program designed for languages with rich morphology and complex word
-compounding. Nuspell is a pure C++ re-implementation of Hunspell.
+Nuspell is a fast and safe spelling checker software program. It is designed
+for languages with rich morphology and complex word compounding.
+Nuspell is written in modern C++ and it supports Hunspell dictionaries.
 
-Main features of Nuspell spell checker:
+Main features of Nuspell spelling checker:
 
-  - Full unicode support backed by ICU
-  - Backward compatibility with Hunspell dictionary file format
+  - Provides software library and command-line tool.
+  - Suggests high-quality spelling corrections.
+  - Backward compatibility with Hunspell dictionary file format.
+  - Up to 3.5 times faster than Hunspell.
+  - Full Unicode support backed by ICU.
   - Twofold affix stripping (for agglutinative languages, like Azeri,
-    Basque, Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Turkish, etc.)
-  - Support complex compounds (for example, Hungarian, German and Dutch)
-  - Support language specific features (for example, special casing of
-    Azeri and Turkish dotted i, or German sharp s)
-  - Handle conditional affixes, circumfixes, fogemorphemes, forbidden
-    words, pseudoroots and homonyms.
-  - Free software. Licensed under GNU LGPL v3 or later.
+    Basque, Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Turkish, etc.).
+  - Supports complex compounds (for example, Hungarian, German and Dutch).
+  - Supports advanced features, for example: special casing rules
+    (Turkish dotted i or German sharp s), conditional affixes, circumfixes,
+    fogemorphemes, forbidden words, pseudoroots and homonyms.
+  - Free and open source software. Licensed under GNU LGPL v3 or later.
 
 WWW: https://nuspell.github.io/