diff --git a/doc/languages-frameworks/coq.section.md b/doc/languages-frameworks/coq.section.md
index fdc824781cd1..557896074bf0 100644
--- a/doc/languages-frameworks/coq.section.md
+++ b/doc/languages-frameworks/coq.section.md
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ mkCoqDerivation {
     [ mathcomp.ssreflect mathcomp.algebra mathcomp-finmap mathcomp-bigenough ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A Coq/SSReflect Library for Monoidal Rings and Multinomials";
+    description = "Coq/SSReflect Library for Monoidal Rings and Multinomials";
     license = lib.licenses.cecill-c;
   };
 }
diff --git a/doc/languages-frameworks/javascript.section.md b/doc/languages-frameworks/javascript.section.md
index 80d61816acb4..7975d7c9e43f 100644
--- a/doc/languages-frameworks/javascript.section.md
+++ b/doc/languages-frameworks/javascript.section.md
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ buildNpmPackage rec {
   NODE_OPTIONS = "--openssl-legacy-provider";
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A modern web UI for various torrent clients with a Node.js backend and React frontend";
+    description = "Modern web UI for various torrent clients with a Node.js backend and React frontend";
     homepage = "https://flood.js.org";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3Only;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ winter ];
diff --git a/doc/languages-frameworks/ocaml.section.md b/doc/languages-frameworks/ocaml.section.md
index 46fddcb3b9de..acefddc7c2f2 100644
--- a/doc/languages-frameworks/ocaml.section.md
+++ b/doc/languages-frameworks/ocaml.section.md
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ buildDunePackage rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/flowtype/ocaml-wtf8";
-    description = "WTF-8 is a superset of UTF-8 that allows unpaired surrogates.";
+    description = "WTF-8 is a superset of UTF-8 that allows unpaired surrogates";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.eqyiel ];
   };
diff --git a/doc/languages-frameworks/perl.section.md b/doc/languages-frameworks/perl.section.md
index 4ef6d173a178..a3d76a44f656 100644
--- a/doc/languages-frameworks/perl.section.md
+++ b/doc/languages-frameworks/perl.section.md
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ $ nix-generate-from-cpan XML::Simple
     };
     propagatedBuildInputs = [ XMLNamespaceSupport XMLSAX XMLSAXExpat ];
     meta = {
-      description = "An API for simple XML files";
+      description = "API for simple XML files";
       license = with lib.licenses; [ artistic1 gpl1Plus ];
     };
   };
diff --git a/doc/languages-frameworks/python.section.md b/doc/languages-frameworks/python.section.md
index 07b7fad74a6e..519fd6fbf960 100644
--- a/doc/languages-frameworks/python.section.md
+++ b/doc/languages-frameworks/python.section.md
@@ -993,7 +993,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   meta = {
     changelog = "https://github.com/blaze/datashape/releases/tag/${version}";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ContinuumIO/datashape";
-    description = "A data description language";
+    description = "Data description language";
     license = lib.licenses.bsd2;
   };
 }
@@ -1118,7 +1118,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   meta = {
     changelog = "https://github.com/pyFFTW/pyFFTW/releases/tag/v${version}";
-    description = "A pythonic wrapper around FFTW, the FFT library, presenting a unified interface for all the supported transforms";
+    description = "Pythonic wrapper around FFTW, the FFT library, presenting a unified interface for all the supported transforms";
     homepage = "http://hgomersall.github.com/pyFFTW";
     license = with lib.licenses; [ bsd2 bsd3 ];
   };
diff --git a/doc/languages-frameworks/rust.section.md b/doc/languages-frameworks/rust.section.md
index e12bbe02bfb5..48c32f324df4 100644
--- a/doc/languages-frameworks/rust.section.md
+++ b/doc/languages-frameworks/rust.section.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   cargoHash = "sha256-jtBw4ahSl88L0iuCXxQgZVm1EcboWRJMNtjxLVTtzts=";
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A fast line-oriented regex search tool, similar to ag and ack";
+    description = "Fast line-oriented regex search tool, similar to ag and ack";
     homepage = "https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep";
     license = lib.licenses.unlicense;
     maintainers = [];
@@ -1000,7 +1000,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A fast line-oriented regex search tool, similar to ag and ack";
+    description = "Fast line-oriented regex search tool, similar to ag and ack";
     homepage = "https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep";
     license = with lib.licenses; [ mit unlicense ];
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [];
diff --git a/doc/languages-frameworks/texlive.section.md b/doc/languages-frameworks/texlive.section.md
index 05ef288141c3..35fb0db9a444 100644
--- a/doc/languages-frameworks/texlive.section.md
+++ b/doc/languages-frameworks/texlive.section.md
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ let
     '';
 
     meta = {
-      description = "A LaTeX2e class for overhead transparencies";
+      description = "LaTeX2e class for overhead transparencies";
       license = lib.licenses.unfreeRedistributable;
       maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ veprbl ];
       platforms = lib.platforms.all;
diff --git a/doc/stdenv/meta.chapter.md b/doc/stdenv/meta.chapter.md
index e6de030ff9c1..c8dd47533801 100644
--- a/doc/stdenv/meta.chapter.md
+++ b/doc/stdenv/meta.chapter.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Nix packages can declare *meta-attributes* that contain information about a pack
 ```nix
 {
   meta = {
-    description = "A program that produces a familiar, friendly greeting";
+    description = "Program that produces a familiar, friendly greeting";
     longDescription = ''
       GNU Hello is a program that prints "Hello, world!" when you run it.
       It is fully customizable.