diff --git a/github-linguist.gemspec b/github-linguist.gemspec
index 43f64822..d35523ee 100644
--- a/github-linguist.gemspec
+++ b/github-linguist.gemspec
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name    = 'github-linguist'
   s.version = '2.10.8'
   s.summary = "GitHub Language detection"
+  s.description = 'We use this library at GitHub to detect blob languages, highlight code, ignore binary files, suppress generated files in diffs, and generate language breakdown graphs.'
 
   s.authors  = "GitHub"
   s.homepage = "https://github.com/github/linguist"
+  s.license  = "MIT"
 
   s.files = Dir['lib/**/*']
   s.executables << 'linguist'