diff --git a/website/docs/language/settings/backends/index.html.md b/website/docs/language/settings/backends/index.html.md
index 6e477c5ef4..ce78a4d2db 100644
--- a/website/docs/language/settings/backends/index.html.md
+++ b/website/docs/language/settings/backends/index.html.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 ---
 layout: "language"
 page_title: "Backend Overview - Configuration Language"
+description: |-
+  An introduction to Terraform configuration backends.
 ---
 
 # Backends
diff --git a/website/docs/language/state/index.html.md b/website/docs/language/state/index.html.md
index 071cee81ed..4e225913f9 100644
--- a/website/docs/language/state/index.html.md
+++ b/website/docs/language/state/index.html.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ layout: "language"
 page_title: "State"
 sidebar_current: "docs-state"
 description: |-
-  Terraform must store state about your managed infrastructure and configuration. This state is used by Terraform to map real world resources to your configuration, keep track of metadata, and to improve performance for large infrastructures.
+  An introduction to state, information that Terraform uses to map resources to a configuration, track metadata, and improve performance.
 ---
 
 # State