diff --git a/DIR_INFO b/DIR_INFO
index 1544e301d..39fd1850f 100644
--- a/DIR_INFO
+++ b/DIR_INFO
@@ -1 +1 @@
-This is the root dir for the cinelerra3 project
+The root dir for the cinelerra3 project
diff --git a/admin/DIR_INFO b/admin/DIR_INFO
index bc76e0079..b3e55c8ad 100644
--- a/admin/DIR_INFO
+++ b/admin/DIR_INFO
@@ -1 +1 @@
-administrative scripts, tools, git hook scripts, etc..
+administrative scripts
diff --git a/admin/git_hooks/DIR_INFO b/admin/git_hooks/DIR_INFO
index 3c413e34c..7f834c917 100755
--- a/admin/git_hooks/DIR_INFO
+++ b/admin/git_hooks/DIR_INFO
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-here are some git hook scripts taken out of .git/hooks since .git is not under revision control itself
+git hook scripts
+taken out of .git/hooks since .git is not under revision control itself
 if you want to use these, just symlink them