diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 96fdd401c..a63273198 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Composer - Package Management for PHP
 =====================================
 
-Composer is a package manager tracking local dependencies of your projects and libraries.
+Composer is a dependency manager tracking local dependencies of your projects and libraries.
 
 See [http://getcomposer.org/](http://getcomposer.org/) for more information and documentation.
 
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index fe0eb44de..33b8359ee 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "composer/composer",
-    "description": "Package Manager",
+    "description": "Dependency Manager",
     "keywords": ["package", "dependency", "autoload"],
     "homepage": "http://getcomposer.org/",
     "type": "library",
diff --git a/src/Composer/Command/AboutCommand.php b/src/Composer/Command/AboutCommand.php
index fb56ea3b7..da0fb7fbe 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Command/AboutCommand.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Command/AboutCommand.php
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ EOT
     {
         $output->writeln(<<<EOT
 <info>Composer - Package Management for PHP</info>
-<comment>Composer is a package manager tracking local dependencies of your projects and libraries.
+<comment>Composer is a dependency manager tracking local dependencies of your projects and libraries.
 See http://getcomposer.org/ for more information.</comment>
 EOT
         );
diff --git a/tests/Composer/Test/Package/Dumper/ArrayDumperTest.php b/tests/Composer/Test/Package/Dumper/ArrayDumperTest.php
index bc59a3944..e21726b09 100644
--- a/tests/Composer/Test/Package/Dumper/ArrayDumperTest.php
+++ b/tests/Composer/Test/Package/Dumper/ArrayDumperTest.php
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class ArrayDumperTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
             ),
             array(
                 'description',
-                'Package Manager'
+                'Dependency Manager'
             ),
             array(
                 'keywords',