diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Core/project.json b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Core/project.json
index f6926c7dca..8794bffc70 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Core/project.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Core/project.json
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 {
   "version": "1.0.0-*",
+  "description": "Core logic for the dotnet-watch command line tool.",
+  "packOptions": {
+    "tags": [
+      "dotnet",
+      "watch"
+    ]
+  },
   "buildOptions": {
     "warningsAsErrors": true,
     "keyFile": "../../tools/Key.snk",
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools/project.json b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools/project.json
index 867642edfe..c023d40101 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools/project.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools/project.json
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 {
   "version": "1.0.0-*",
+  "description": "Command line tool to watch for source file changes during development and restart the dotnet command.",
+  "packOptions": {
+    "tags": [
+      "dotnet",
+      "watch"
+    ]
+  },
   "buildOptions": {
     "outputName": "dotnet-watch",
     "warningsAsErrors": true,