Captialize meta.description of all packages

In line with the Nixpkgs manual.

A mechanical change, done with this command:

  find pkgs -name "*.nix" | \
      while read f; do \
          sed -e 's/description\s*=\s*"\([a-z]\)/description = "\u\1/' -i "$f"; \
      done

I manually skipped some:

* Descriptions starting with an abbreviation, a user name or package name
* Frequently generated expressions (haskell-packages.nix)

41 files changed, 41 insertions, 41 deletions

diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/cd-discid/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/cd-discid/default.nix
index 7e0c245d357..5286362b50f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/cd-discid/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/cd-discid/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.rycee ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
-    description = "command-line utility to get CDDB discid information from a CD-ROM disc";
+    description = "Command-line utility to get CDDB discid information from a CD-ROM disc";
 
     longDescription = ''
       cd-discid is a backend utility to get CDDB discid information
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/csound/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/csound/default.nix
index afca63a2a8a..664d80490f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/csound/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/csound/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   buildInputs = [ cmake libsndfile flex bison alsaLib libpulseaudio tcltk ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "sound design, audio synthesis, and signal processing system, providing facilities for music composition and performance on all major operating systems and platforms";
+    description = "Sound design, audio synthesis, and signal processing system, providing facilities for music composition and performance on all major operating systems and platforms";
     homepage = http://www.csounds.com/;
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = [stdenv.lib.maintainers.marcweber];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/qsampler/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/qsampler/default.nix
index b851517b872..692938884b6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/qsampler/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/qsampler/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = http://www.linuxsampler.org;
-    description = "graphical frontend to LinuxSampler";
+    description = "Graphical frontend to LinuxSampler";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.goibhniu ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/rakarrack/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/rakarrack/default.nix
index b746cccd113..37815412fc3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/rakarrack/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/rakarrack/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation  rec {
     libpng libsamplerate libsndfile zlib ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "multi-effects processor emulating a guitar effects pedalboard";
+    description = "Multi-effects processor emulating a guitar effects pedalboard";
     homepage = http://rakarrack.sourceforge.net;
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/renoise/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/renoise/default.nix
index 7b4c1143fb4..91e8f1be6ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/renoise/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/renoise/default.nix
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "modern tracker-based DAW";
+    description = "Modern tracker-based DAW";
     homepage = http://www.renoise.com/;
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.unfree;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/seq24/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/seq24/default.nix
index 7976a7bf678..d1de6f1abd4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/seq24/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/seq24/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation  rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "minimal loop based midi sequencer";
+    description = "Minimal loop based midi sequencer";
     homepage = "http://www.filter24.org/seq24";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/shntool/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/shntool/default.nix
index 12ef79d746e..8645251b384 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/shntool/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/shntool/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ flac ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "multi-purpose WAVE data processing and reporting utility";
+    description = "Multi-purpose WAVE data processing and reporting utility";
     homepage = http://www.etree.org/shnutils/shntool/;
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/xsynth-dssi/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/xsynth-dssi/default.nix
index c4ed20defd6..96da8ad8c55 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/xsynth-dssi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/xsynth-dssi/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation  rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "classic-analog (VCOs-VCF-VCA) style software synthesizer";
+    description = "Classic-analog (VCOs-VCF-VCA) style software synthesizer";
     longDescription = ''
       Xsynth-DSSI is a classic-analog (VCOs-VCF-VCA) style software
       synthesizer which operates as a plugin for the DSSI Soft Synth
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/yoshimi/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/yoshimi/default.nix
index ab7eb10798d..0ec39940775 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/yoshimi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/yoshimi/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation  rec {
   cmakeFlags = [ "-DFLTK_MATH_LIBRARY=${stdenv.glibc.out}/lib/libm.so -DCMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR=$out" ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "high quality software synthesizer based on ZynAddSubFX";
+    description = "High quality software synthesizer based on ZynAddSubFX";
     longDescription = ''
       Yoshimi delivers the same synthesizer capabilities as
       ZynAddSubFX along with very good Jack and Alsa midi/audio
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/logito/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/logito/default.nix
index a47f04472ec..c324e395fa9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/logito/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/logito/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "tiny logging framework for Emacs";
+    description = "Tiny logging framework for Emacs";
     homepage = https://github.com/sigma/logito;
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/metaweblog/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/metaweblog/default.nix
index 77bfedf6274..a5633cdfaba 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/metaweblog/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/metaweblog/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "an emacs library to access metaweblog based weblogs";
+    description = "An emacs library to access metaweblog based weblogs";
     homepage = https://github.com/punchagan/metaweblog;
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/session-management-for-emacs/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/session-management-for-emacs/default.nix
index 0d2fcf09786..f5aeb35d184 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/session-management-for-emacs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/session-management-for-emacs/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
        (require 'session)
        (add-hook 'after-init-hook 'session-initialize)
     */
-    description = "small session management for emacs";
+    description = "Small session management for emacs";
     homepage = http://emacs-session.sourceforge.net/;
     license = "GPL";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/lighttable/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/lighttable/default.nix
index 9b87f13d623..108b7cceb4e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/lighttable/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/lighttable/default.nix
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "the next generation code editor";
+    description = "The next generation code editor";
     homepage = http://www.lighttable.com/;
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.matejc ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/ne/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/ne/default.nix
index 4e8324894ab..169e078edbd 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/ne/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/ne/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
   
   meta = {
-    description = "the nice editor";
+    description = "The nice editor";
     homepage = https://github.com/vigna/ne;
     longDescription = ''
       ne is a free (GPL'd) text editor based on the POSIX standard that runs (we hope) on almost any 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/gimp/plugins/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/gimp/plugins/default.nix
index 4084018d1d5..74abc06bc4e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/gimp/plugins/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/gimp/plugins/default.nix
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ rec {
       installPhase = "installPlugins gmic_gimp";
 
       meta = {
-        description = "script language for image processing which comes with its open-source interpreter";
+        description = "Script language for image processing which comes with its open-source interpreter";
         homepage = http://gmic.eu/gimp.shtml;
         license = stdenv.lib.licenses.cecill20;
         /*
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/xournal/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/xournal/default.nix
index f614eb0a1b5..56d46088669 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/xournal/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/xournal/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = http://xournal.sourceforge.net/;
-    description = "note-taking application (supposes stylus)";
+    description = "Note-taking application (supposes stylus)";
     maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.guibert ];
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/dmenu/wayland.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/dmenu/wayland.nix
index d55e22c5a3b..9a13da67745 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/dmenu/wayland.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/dmenu/wayland.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = {
-      description = "a generic, highly customizable, and efficient menu for the X Window System";
+      description = "A generic, highly customizable, and efficient menu for the X Window System";
       homepage = http://tools.suckless.org/dmenu;
       license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
       maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/fetchmail/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/fetchmail/default.nix
index 4cec2ca41b6..88475dd761e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/fetchmail/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/fetchmail/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.fetchmail.info/";
-    description = "a full-featured remote-mail retrieval and forwarding utility";
+    description = "A full-featured remote-mail retrieval and forwarding utility";
     longDescription = ''
       A full-featured, robust, well-documented remote-mail retrieval and
       forwarding utility intended to be used over on-demand TCP/IP links
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/goldendict/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/goldendict/default.nix
index 36840c656d3..facbe50662c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/goldendict/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/goldendict/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = http://goldendict.org/;
-    description = "a feature-rich dictionary lookup program";
+    description = "A feature-rich dictionary lookup program";
 
     platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
     maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.astsmtl ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/gphoto2/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/gphoto2/default.nix
index 4c0e091bf65..742bdaad996 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/gphoto2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/gphoto2/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ libgphoto2 libexif popt libjpeg readline libtool ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "a ready to use set of digital camera software applications";
+    description = "A ready to use set of digital camera software applications";
     longDescription = ''
 
       A set of command line utilities for manipulating over 1400 different
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/gxmessage/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/gxmessage/default.nix
index ce8109717d4..08ae34f9705 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/gxmessage/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/gxmessage/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ intltool gnome3.gtk pkgconfig texinfo ];
   meta = {
-    description = "a GTK enabled dropin replacement for xmessage";
+    description = "A GTK enabled dropin replacement for xmessage";
     homepage = "http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~trmusson/programs.html#gxmessage";
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [jfb];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/jbidwatcher/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/jbidwatcher/default.nix
index e4b362ec25d..d26ad94648a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/jbidwatcher/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/jbidwatcher/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.jbidwatcher.com/";
-    description = "monitor and snipe Ebay auctions";
+    description = "Monitor and snipe Ebay auctions";
     license = "LGPL";
 
     longDescription = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/multisync/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/multisync/default.nix
index 8fd04353969..fc55b275dd0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/multisync/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/multisync/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   preConfigure = "./autogen.sh"; # install.sh is not contained in the tar
 
   meta = {
-    description = "modular program to synchronize calendars, addressbooks and other PIM data between pcs, mobile devices etc";
+    description = "Modular program to synchronize calendars, addressbooks and other PIM data between pcs, mobile devices etc";
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/openjump/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/openjump/default.nix
index 8a68bd7ccfb..fdc4cd5b6d9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/openjump/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/openjump/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   buildInputs = [unzip];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "open source Geographic Information System (GIS) written in the Java programming language";
+    description = "Open source Geographic Information System (GIS) written in the Java programming language";
     homepage = http://www.openjump.org/index.html;
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = [stdenv.lib.maintainers.marcweber];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/tasknc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/tasknc/default.nix
index f7460618d96..85e6c07d670 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/tasknc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/tasknc/default.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/mjheagle8/tasknc";
-    description = "a ncurses wrapper around taskwarrior";
+    description = "A ncurses wrapper around taskwarrior";
     maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.matthiasbeyer ];
     platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux; # Cannot test others
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/xpdf/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/xpdf/default.nix
index f11d5e6d700..a7d288162e3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/xpdf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/xpdf/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/";
-    description = "viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files";
+    description = "Viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files";
 
     platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
     maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.peti ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/kwebkitpart/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/kwebkitpart/default.nix
index 56147883f4b..1cbffdd2544 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/kwebkitpart/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/kwebkitpart/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.phreedom ];
-    description = "a WebKit KPart for Konqueror, Akregator and other KDE applications";
+    description = "A WebKit KPart for Konqueror, Akregator and other KDE applications";
     homepage = https://projects.kde.org/projects/extragear/base/kwebkitpart;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/hadoop/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/hadoop/default.nix
index 96d263a525e..925fe19d72e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/hadoop/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/hadoop/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://hadoop.apache.org/";
-    description = "framework for distributed processing of large data sets across clusters of computers";
+    description = "Framework for distributed processing of large data sets across clusters of computers";
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.asl20;
 
     longDescription = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/gale/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/gale/default.nix
index 65f6cab6e81..21f2afdde68 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/gale/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/gale/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = "http://gale.org/";
-    description = "chat/messaging system (server and client)";
+    description = "Chat/messaging system (server and client)";
     platforms = platforms.all;
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/netperf/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/netperf/default.nix
index 40aa3263629..9bad7a8b42a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/netperf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/netperf/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = {
-    description = "benchmark to measure the performance of many different types of networking";
+    description = "Benchmark to measure the performance of many different types of networking";
     homepage = "http://www.netperf.org/netperf/";
     license = "Hewlett-Packard BSD-like license";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/beancount/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/beancount/default.nix
index 4114fbffa39..77fcb8ce7e9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/beancount/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/beancount/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = http://furius.ca/beancount/;
-    description = "double-entry bookkeeping computer language";
+    description = "Double-entry bookkeeping computer language";
     longDescription = ''
         A double-entry bookkeeping computer language that lets you define
         financial transaction records in a text file, read them in memory,
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/timetrap/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/timetrap/default.nix
index 71d0f923dbd..f6a408d0384 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/timetrap/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/timetrap/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ bundlerEnv {
   gemset = ./gemset.nix;
 
   meta = {
-    description = "a simple command line time tracker written in ruby";
+    description = "A simple command line time tracker written in ruby";
     homepage = https://github.com/samg/timetrap;
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/ltl2ba/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/ltl2ba/default.nix
index f9bdd9a6b3b..59c6461f5b6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/ltl2ba/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/ltl2ba/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "fast translation from LTL formulae to Buchi automata";
+    description = "Fast translation from LTL formulae to Buchi automata";
     homepage    = "http://www.lsv.ens-cachan.fr/~gastin/ltl2ba";
     license     = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms   = stdenv.lib.platforms.darwin ++ stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/msieve/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/msieve/default.nix
index c8b388a06b7..5a6d3dd5404 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/msieve/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/msieve/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
                    cp msieve $out/bin/'';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "a C library implementing a suite of algorithms to factor large integers";
+    description = "A C library implementing a suite of algorithms to factor large integers";
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.publicDomain;
     homepage = http://msieve.sourceforge.net/;
     maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.roconnor ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/pssp/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/pssp/default.nix
index 4a126797d69..6ced805b311 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/pssp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/pssp/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/";
-    description = "a free replacement for SPSS, a program for statistical analysis of sampled data";
+    description = "A free replacement for SPSS, a program for statistical analysis of sampled data";
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
 
     longDescription = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/robotics/qgroundcontrol/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/robotics/qgroundcontrol/default.nix
index b67da5b5516..1e33a1be856 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/robotics/qgroundcontrol/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/robotics/qgroundcontrol/default.nix
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = {
-    description = "provides full ground station support and configuration for the PX4 and APM Flight Stacks";
+    description = "Provides full ground station support and configuration for the PX4 and APM Flight Stacks";
     homepage = http://qgroundcontrol.org/;
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
     platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git-crypt/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git-crypt/default.nix
index 8e537c32313..5ce665dda0f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git-crypt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git-crypt/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.agwa.name/projects/git-crypt";
-    description = "transparent file encryption in git";
+    description = "Transparent file encryption in git";
     longDescription = ''
       git-crypt enables transparent encryption and decryption of files in a git
       repository. Files which you choose to protect are encrypted when
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git-remote-hg/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git-remote-hg/default.nix
index 86a11d04ed7..e90fc9ad258 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git-remote-hg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git-remote-hg/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/felipec/git-remote-hg";
-    description = "semi-official Mercurial bridge from Git project, once installed, it allows you to clone, fetch and push to and from Mercurial repositories as if they were Git ones";
+    description = "Semi-official Mercurial bridge from Git project, once installed, it allows you to clone, fetch and push to and from Mercurial repositories as if they were Git ones";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.garbas ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git2cl/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git2cl/default.nix
index 1e372c928f8..ade9ac1312a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git2cl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git2cl/default.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://josefsson.org/git2cl/";
-    description = "convert git logs to GNU style ChangeLog files";
+    description = "Convert git logs to GNU style ChangeLog files";
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/makemkv/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/makemkv/default.nix
index 46b5712ca9a..6a13bcc015a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/makemkv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/makemkv/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
           + ":" + stdenv.cc.cc + "/lib64";
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "convert blu-ray and dvd to mkv";
+    description = "Convert blu-ray and dvd to mkv";
     longDescription = ''
       makemkv is a one-click QT application that transcodes an encrypted
       blu-ray or DVD disc into a more portable set of mkv files, preserving
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/xvidcap/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/xvidcap/default.nix
index ade840dc021..527d31004b0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/xvidcap/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/xvidcap/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lXext -lX11 -lz -lgcc_s";
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; { 
-    description = "screencast video catpuring tool";
+    description = "Screencast video catpuring tool";
     homepage = http://xvidcap.sourceforge.net/;
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
     platforms = platforms.linux;