diff --git a/examples/animation.html b/examples/animation.html
index 352d8afa9d..ef3e24484e 100644
--- a/examples/animation.html
+++ b/examples/animation.html
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 
         <div class="span4">
           <h4 id="title">Animation example</h4>
-          <p id="shortdesc">Example animations.</p>
+          <p id="shortdesc">Demonstrates animated pan, zoom, and rotation.</p>
           <div id="docs">
             <p>See the <a href="animation.js" target="_blank">animation.js source</a> to see how this is done.</p>
           </div>
diff --git a/examples/bind-input.html b/examples/bind-input.html
index 76df0c771e..fa24f29005 100644
--- a/examples/bind-input.html
+++ b/examples/bind-input.html
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
         <div class="span4">
           <h4 id="title">Bind HTML input example</h4>
-          <p id="shortdesc">Bind an HTML input to an ol object.</p>
+          <p id="shortdesc">Demonstrates two-way binding of HTML input elements to OpenLayers objects.</p>
           <div id="docs">
             <p>See the <a href="bind-input.js" target="_blank">bind-input.js source</a> to see how this is done.</p>
           </div>
diff --git a/examples/canvas-tiles.html b/examples/canvas-tiles.html
index bd9290a6f4..65d2448eb4 100644
--- a/examples/canvas-tiles.html
+++ b/examples/canvas-tiles.html
@@ -37,8 +37,9 @@
 
         <div class="span4">
           <h4 id="title">Canvas tiles example</h4>
-          <p id="shortdesc">The black grid tiles are generated on the client with an HTML5 canvas. Note that the tile coordinates are ol3 normalized tile coordinates (origin bottom left), not OSM tile coordinates (origin top left).</p>
+          <p id="shortdesc">Renders tiles with coordinates for debugging.</p>
           <div id="docs">
+            <p>The black grid tiles are generated on the client with an HTML5 canvas. Note that the tile coordinates are ol3 normalized tile coordinates (origin bottom left), not OSM tile coordinates (origin top left).</p>
             <p>See the <a href="canvas-tiles.js" target="_blank">canvas-tiles.js source</a> to see how this is done.</p>
           </div>
           <div id="tags">layers, openstreetmap, canvas</div>
diff --git a/examples/wms-single-image-custom-proj.html b/examples/wms-single-image-custom-proj.html
index cfe1203515..e9b650582f 100644
--- a/examples/wms-single-image-custom-proj.html
+++ b/examples/wms-single-image-custom-proj.html
@@ -37,8 +37,9 @@
 
         <div class="span4">
           <h4 id="title">Single image WMS with custom projection example</h4>
-          <p id="shortdesc">Example of two single image WMS layers (Pixelmap 1:1'000'000 and national parks) using the projection EPSG:21781.</p>
+          <p id="shortdesc">Example of two single image WMS layers.</p>
           <div id="docs">
+            <p id="shortdesc">Pixelmap 1:1'000'000 with National Parks overlay using the projection EPSG:21781.</p>
             <p>See the <a href="wms-single-image-custom-proj.js" target="_blank">wms-single-image-custom-proj.js source</a> to see how this is done.</p>
           </div>
           <div id="tags">wms, single image, projection</div>