diff --git a/src/serena/repl/api/edit_api.py b/src/serena/repl/api/edit_api.py
index 815a8da0..12e1b09a 100644
--- a/src/serena/repl/api/edit_api.py
+++ b/src/serena/repl/api/edit_api.py
@@ -64,8 +64,7 @@ class EditApi(FacadeApi):
         super().__init__(
             agent,
             name="edit",
-            description="editing operations independent of the language backend (creating files, replacing content in one or "
-            "many files, editing at the symbol or line level)",
+            description="modifying content within existing files (independent of the language backend)",
         )
 
     # file-level operations
diff --git a/src/serena/repl/api/jb_api.py b/src/serena/repl/api/jb_api.py
index 21337b2f..b3449f91 100644
--- a/src/serena/repl/api/jb_api.py
+++ b/src/serena/repl/api/jb_api.py
@@ -164,8 +164,7 @@ class JetBrainsApi(FacadeApi):
         super().__init__(
             agent,
             name="jb",
-            description="JetBrains IDE-backed operations (symbol search, references, type hierarchies, refactorings, "
-            "inspections, debugging)",
+            description="operations on the codebase backed by the JetBrains IDE's code intelligence",
         )
 
     @contextmanager
diff --git a/src/serena/repl/api/lsp_api.py b/src/serena/repl/api/lsp_api.py
index 4b2fe62d..115f9772 100644
--- a/src/serena/repl/api/lsp_api.py
+++ b/src/serena/repl/api/lsp_api.py
@@ -291,8 +291,7 @@ class LspApi(FacadeApi):
         super().__init__(
             agent,
             name="lsp",
-            description="language server-backed operations on the codebase (finding symbols, references, implementations, "
-            "declarations and diagnostics; editing and renaming symbols)",
+            description="symbol-level operations on the codebase backed by language servers",
         )
 
     def _create_symbol_retriever(self) -> LanguageServerSymbolRetriever:
diff --git a/src/serena/repl/api/mem_api.py b/src/serena/repl/api/mem_api.py
index 0497a7b3..60fc305c 100644
--- a/src/serena/repl/api/mem_api.py
+++ b/src/serena/repl/api/mem_api.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class MemoryApi(FacadeApi):
         super().__init__(
             agent,
             name="mem",
-            description="project memories (persistent notes for future tasks): listing, reading, writing, editing; onboarding",
+            description="project memories, i.e. persistent notes for future tasks",
         )
 
     def _get_memory_manager(self) -> MemoryManager: