diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 337c08ae1a..9354fa8e48 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ What is Dash?
 Dash is an experimental new digital currency that enables anonymous, instant
 payments to anyone, anywhere in the world. Dash uses peer-to-peer technology
 to operate with no central authority: managing transactions and issuing money
-are carried out collectively by the network. Dash Core is the name of open
+are carried out collectively by the network. Dash Core is the name of the open
 source software which enables the use of this currency.
 
 For more information, as well as an immediately useable, binary version of
diff --git a/contrib/debian/control b/contrib/debian/control
index 1e2adcf901..77454600ed 100644
--- a/contrib/debian/control
+++ b/contrib/debian/control
@@ -32,14 +32,11 @@ Package: dashd
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
 Description: peer-to-peer network based digital currency - daemon
- Dash is a free open source peer-to-peer electronic cash system that
- is completely decentralized, without the need for a central server or
- trusted parties.  Users hold the crypto keys to their own money and
- transact directly with each other, with the help of a P2P network to
- check for double-spending.
- .
- Full transaction history is stored locally at each client.  This
- requires 2+ GB of space, slowly growing.
+ Dash is an experimental new digital currency that enables anonymous, instant
+ payments to anyone, anywhere in the world. Dash uses peer-to-peer
+ technology to operate with no central authority: managing transactions
+ and issuing money are carried out collectively by the network. Dash Core
+ is the name of the open source software which enables the use of this currency.
  .
  This package provides the daemon, dashd, and the CLI tool
  dash-cli to interact with the daemon.
@@ -48,14 +45,11 @@ Package: dash-qt
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
 Description: peer-to-peer network based digital currency - Qt GUI
- Dash is a free open source peer-to-peer electronic cash system that
- is completely decentralized, without the need for a central server or
- trusted parties.  Users hold the crypto keys to their own money and
- transact directly with each other, with the help of a P2P network to
- check for double-spending.
- .
- Full transaction history is stored locally at each client.  This
- requires 2+ GB of space, slowly growing.
+ Dash is an experimental new digital currency that enables anonymous, instant
+ payments to anyone, anywhere in the world. Dash uses peer-to-peer
+ technology to operate with no central authority: managing transactions
+ and issuing money are carried out collectively by the network. Dash Core
+ is the name of the open source software which enables the use of this currency.
  .
  This package provides Dash-Qt, a GUI for Dash based on Qt.
 
@@ -63,11 +57,11 @@ Package: dash-tx
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
 Description: peer-to-peer digital currency - standalone transaction tool
- Dash is a free open source peer-to-peer electronic cash system that
- is completely decentralized, without the need for a central server or
- trusted parties.  Users hold the crypto keys to their own money and
- transact directly with each other, with the help of a P2P network to
- check for double-spending.
+ Dash is an experimental new digital currency that enables anonymous, instant
+ payments to anyone, anywhere in the world. Dash uses peer-to-peer
+ technology to operate with no central authority: managing transactions
+ and issuing money are carried out collectively by the network. Dash Core
+ is the name of the open source software which enables the use of this currency.
  .
  This package provides dash-tx, a command-line transaction creation
  tool which can be used without a dash daemon.  Some means of