diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/project.json b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/project.json
index 16a2bc868b..1accf5594d 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/project.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/project.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  "description": "The core runtime components of ASP.NET MVC.",
   "version": "6.0.0-*",
   "compilationOptions": {
     "warningsAsErrors": true
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.HeaderValueAbstractions/project.json b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.HeaderValueAbstractions/project.json
index 03181d644a..3b392ee6ae 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.HeaderValueAbstractions/project.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.HeaderValueAbstractions/project.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+    "description": "Temporary abstractions for working with header values in ASP.NET MVC. These abstractions will be replaced by core HTTP abstractions in ASP.NET in a future release.",
     "version": "1.0.0-*",
     "dependencies": { },
     "frameworks": {
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding/project.json b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding/project.json
index 96db763f8d..74ee5165a6 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding/project.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding/project.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  "description": "The ASP.NET MVC model binding components for binding data from a request to an object model.",
   "version": "6.0.0-*",
   "compilationOptions": {
     "warningsAsErrors": true
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Host/project.json b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Host/project.json
index 882f4c5c13..99b616113a 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Host/project.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Host/project.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+    "description": "Design time hosting infrastructure for the ASP.NET MVC Razor view engine.",
     "version": "6.0.0-*",
     "compilationOptions": {
         "warningsAsErrors": true
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor/project.json b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor/project.json
index 191089fbb3..085a05d96a 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor/project.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor/project.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+    "description": "The Razor view engine for ASP.NET MVC.",
     "version": "6.0.0-*",
     "compilationOptions": {
         "warningsAsErrors": false
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.TagHelpers/project.json b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.TagHelpers/project.json
index b4bb5c3313..8ca5e62a7a 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.TagHelpers/project.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.TagHelpers/project.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  "description": "Contains a default set of Tag Helpers for building ASP.NET MVC applications.",
   "version": "6.0.0-*",
   "compilationOptions": {
     "warningsAsErrors": true
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.WebApiCompatShim/project.json b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.WebApiCompatShim/project.json
index 525a8415c8..be28e68044 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.WebApiCompatShim/project.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.WebApiCompatShim/project.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+    "description": "Provides compatibility in ASP.NET MVC with ASP.NET Web API 2 to simplify migration of existing Web API implementations.",
     "version": "6.0.0-*",
     "compilationOptions": {
         "warningsAsErrors": false
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/project.json b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/project.json
index 2e4a74bfdd..dc62fa5ebc 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/project.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/project.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+    "description": "ASP.NET MVC is a web framework that gives you a powerful, patterns-based way to build dynamic websites and Web APIs. ASP.NET MVC enables a clean separation of concerns and gives you full control over markup.",
     "version": "6.0.0-*",
     "compilationOptions": {
         "warningsAsErrors": true