diff --git a/modules/swagger-annotations/pom.xml b/modules/swagger-annotations/pom.xml
index a45020bdbb..305cad90a1 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-annotations/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/swagger-annotations/pom.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     <artifactId>swagger-annotations</artifactId>
     <version>1.6.16</version>
     <name>swagger-annotations</name>
+    <description>swagger-annotations</description>
     <build>
         <sourceDirectory>src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
         <defaultGoal>install</defaultGoal>
diff --git a/modules/swagger-core/pom.xml b/modules/swagger-core/pom.xml
index e6bd48fbd8..83d2c8e62a 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-core/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/swagger-core/pom.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>swagger-core</artifactId>
     <name>swagger-core</name>
+    <description>swagger-core</description>
     <build>
         <sourceDirectory>src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
         <defaultGoal>install</defaultGoal>
diff --git a/modules/swagger-hibernate-validations/pom.xml b/modules/swagger-hibernate-validations/pom.xml
index 5ed180e602..5be5c03a41 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-hibernate-validations/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/swagger-hibernate-validations/pom.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <version>1.6.16</version>
     <name>swagger-hibernate-validations</name>
+    <description>swagger-hibernate-validations</description>
     <build>
         <sourceDirectory>src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
         <defaultGoal>install</defaultGoal>
diff --git a/modules/swagger-jaxrs/pom.xml b/modules/swagger-jaxrs/pom.xml
index 154db161ed..65b6d69e63 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-jaxrs/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/swagger-jaxrs/pom.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>swagger-jaxrs</artifactId>
     <name>swagger-jaxrs</name>
+    <description>swagger-jaxrs</description>
     <build>
         <sourceDirectory>src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
         <defaultGoal>install</defaultGoal>
diff --git a/modules/swagger-jersey-jaxrs/pom.xml b/modules/swagger-jersey-jaxrs/pom.xml
index cf1525fb7c..1c0094a2cf 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-jersey-jaxrs/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/swagger-jersey-jaxrs/pom.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <version>1.6.16</version>
     <name>swagger-jersey-jaxrs</name>
+    <description>swagger-jersey-jaxrs</description>
     <build>
         <sourceDirectory>src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
         <defaultGoal>install</defaultGoal>
diff --git a/modules/swagger-jersey2-jaxrs/pom.xml b/modules/swagger-jersey2-jaxrs/pom.xml
index 87166f90c1..644b9def6b 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-jersey2-jaxrs/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/swagger-jersey2-jaxrs/pom.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>swagger-jersey2-jaxrs</artifactId>
     <name>swagger-jersey2-jaxrs (Jersey 2.x support)</name>
+    <description>swagger-jersey2-jaxrs (Jersey 2.x support)</description>
     <build>
         <sourceDirectory>src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
         <defaultGoal>install</defaultGoal>
diff --git a/modules/swagger-models/pom.xml b/modules/swagger-models/pom.xml
index 6ca2d12558..c7fa77f965 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-models/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/swagger-models/pom.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>swagger-models</artifactId>
     <name>swagger-models</name>
+    <description>swagger-models</description>
     <build>
         <sourceDirectory>src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
         <defaultGoal>install</defaultGoal>
diff --git a/modules/swagger-mule/pom.xml b/modules/swagger-mule/pom.xml
index 49d6dc2899..cda37abe2a 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-mule/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/swagger-mule/pom.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     <artifactId>swagger-mule</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>swagger-mule</name>
+    <description>swagger-mule</description>
     <properties>
         <!-- TODO increase coverage and remove these overrides-->
         <coverage.complexity.minimum>0.00</coverage.complexity.minimum>
diff --git a/modules/swagger-servlet/pom.xml b/modules/swagger-servlet/pom.xml
index c3713769e7..10a8f4cad9 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-servlet/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/swagger-servlet/pom.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     <artifactId>swagger-servlet</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>swagger-servlet</name>
+    <description>swagger-servlet</description>
     <build>
         <sourceDirectory>src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
         <defaultGoal>install</defaultGoal>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e3a4b91909..d7985c0702 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     <artifactId>swagger-project</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>swagger-project</name>
+    <description>swagger-project</description>
     <version>1.6.16</version>
     <url>https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core</url>
     <scm>