diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 43e648b..b0b877a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # URI.js
 
-URI.js is an [RFC 3986](http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3986.txt) compliant, scheme extendable URI parsing/validating/resolving library for all JavaScript environments (browsers, Node.js, etc).
+URI.js is an [RFC 3986](http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3986.txt) compliant, scheme extendable URI parsing/normalizing/resolving/serializing library for all JavaScript environments (browsers, Node.js, etc).
 It is also compliant with the IRI ([RFC 3987](http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3987.txt)), IDNA ([RFC 5890](http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc5890.txt)), IPv6 Address ([RFC 5952](http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc5952.txt)), IPv6 Zone Identifier ([RFC 6874](http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc6874.txt)) specifications.
 
 URI.js has an extensive test suite, and works in all (Node.js, web) environments. It weighs in at 6.4kb (gzipped, 17kb deflated).
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ All of the above functions can accept an additional options argument that is an
 
 *	`reference` (string)
 
-	If set to `"suffix"`, it indicates that the URI is in the suffix format, and the validator will use the option's `scheme` property to determine the URI's scheme.
+	If set to `"suffix"`, it indicates that the URI is in the suffix format and the parser will use the option's `scheme` property to determine the URI's scheme.
 
 *	`tolerant` (boolean, false)
 
diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
index 7a40440..fc3af39 100644
--- a/bower.json
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "uri-js",
-  "description": "An RFC 3986/3987 compliant, scheme extendable URI/IRI parsing/validating/resolving library for JavaScript.",
+  "description": "An RFC 3986/3987 compliant, scheme extendable URI/IRI parsing/normalizing/resolving/serializing library for JavaScript.",
   "main": "dist/es5/uri.all.js",
   "moduleType": [
     "globals",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index de95d91..851c5e9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "uri-js",
   "version": "4.4.1",
-  "description": "An RFC 3986/3987 compliant, scheme extendable URI/IRI parsing/validating/resolving library for JavaScript.",
+  "description": "An RFC 3986/3987 compliant, scheme extendable URI/IRI parsing/normalizing/resolving/serializing library for JavaScript.",
   "main": "dist/es5/uri.all.js",
   "types": "dist/es5/uri.all.d.ts",
   "directories": {
diff --git a/src/uri.ts b/src/uri.ts
index 5419d00..8881486 100644
--- a/src/uri.ts
+++ b/src/uri.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /**
  * URI.js
  *
- * @fileoverview An RFC 3986 compliant, scheme extendable URI parsing/validating/resolving library for JavaScript.
+ * @fileoverview An RFC 3986 compliant, scheme extendable URI parsing/normalizing/resolving/serializing library for JavaScript.
  * @author <a href="mailto:gary.court@gmail.com">Gary Court</a>
  * @see http://github.com/garycourt/uri-js
  */