diff --git a/README.org b/README.org
index 509b007..46e8cc1 100644
--- a/README.org
+++ b/README.org
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ It was inspired by [[https://wiki.ros.org/wstool][wstool]], [[https://github.com
   #+begin_example
     Usage: gis [OPTIONS] [PATHS] ...
 
-    Get status information about all Git repositories in PATHS.
+    Show a status summary of all Git repositories in PATHS.
     The colon-seperated environment variable $GIS_PATH is used if no PATH is given.
     If the variable isn't set, the current work directory is used.
 
diff --git a/gis b/gis
index 97a2803..62cb155 100755
--- a/gis
+++ b/gis
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ function print_usage {
     cat <<EOF
 Usage: gis [OPTIONS] [PATHS] ...
 
-Get status information about all Git repositories in PATHS.
+Show a status summary of all Git repositories in PATHS.
 The colon-seperated environment variable \$GIS_PATH is used if no PATH is given.
 If the variable isn't set, the current work directory is used.