diff --git a/src/assistant/assistant/assistant.pro b/src/assistant/assistant/assistant.pro
index 82f55092c14cf40ed4e8de2e5a29626abf65332d..73931769ea603794d701cc8a80e2cb37cf8e06f9 100644
--- a/src/assistant/assistant/assistant.pro
+++ b/src/assistant/assistant/assistant.pro
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ RESOURCES += assistant.qrc \
     assistant_images.qrc
 
 QMAKE_TARGET_PRODUCT = Qt Assistant
-QMAKE_TARGET_DESCRIPTION = Tool for viewing on-line documentation in Qt help file format
+QMAKE_TARGET_DESCRIPTION = Qt Assistant
 
 win32 {
     LIBS += -lshell32
diff --git a/src/assistant/qcollectiongenerator/qcollectiongenerator.pro b/src/assistant/qcollectiongenerator/qcollectiongenerator.pro
index 608fca6bcdb9d9221d63c2380f50f371568abead..cf9b9a2579b8e6e3f8adae4dac653e4186870f7a 100644
--- a/src/assistant/qcollectiongenerator/qcollectiongenerator.pro
+++ b/src/assistant/qcollectiongenerator/qcollectiongenerator.pro
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ HEADERS += ../shared/helpgenerator.h \
     ../shared/collectionconfiguration.h
 QTPLUGIN.platforms = qminimal
 
+QMAKE_TARGET_DESCRIPTION = "Qt Help Collection File Generator"
 load(qt_tool)
diff --git a/src/assistant/qhelpgenerator/qhelpgenerator.pro b/src/assistant/qhelpgenerator/qhelpgenerator.pro
index a7ec6f00afa92cff79424bedfb2ac22eeda73860..d4e84a74fa66dea6c563cfd0b9faa85bedd3c535 100644
--- a/src/assistant/qhelpgenerator/qhelpgenerator.pro
+++ b/src/assistant/qhelpgenerator/qhelpgenerator.pro
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ SOURCES += ../shared/helpgenerator.cpp \
 
 HEADERS += ../shared/helpgenerator.h
 
+QMAKE_TARGET_DESCRIPTION = "Qt Compressed Help File Generator"
 load(qt_tool)
diff --git a/src/designer/src/designer/designer.pro b/src/designer/src/designer/designer.pro
index 0201ea6c299a9bec309041f3b9991d7282e7cc02..37909c2fd7a61c63807418b78eb3cea43fa851df 100644
--- a/src/designer/src/designer/designer.pro
+++ b/src/designer/src/designer/designer.pro
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ FORMS += saveformastemplate.ui \
     qdesigner_appearanceoptions.ui
 
 QMAKE_TARGET_PRODUCT = Qt Designer
-QMAKE_TARGET_DESCRIPTION = Tool for designing and building graphical user interfaces with Qt Widgets
+QMAKE_TARGET_DESCRIPTION = Qt Designer
 
 win32 {
    RC_ICONS = designer.ico
diff --git a/src/linguist/lconvert/lconvert.pro b/src/linguist/lconvert/lconvert.pro
index e52e8d7296aaaa8fcf1efbc1eab21d9a6bc5e53b..d1e49bc2041ae53f8f96c0ccf14f671e7c5579a4 100644
--- a/src/linguist/lconvert/lconvert.pro
+++ b/src/linguist/lconvert/lconvert.pro
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ SOURCES += main.cpp
 
 include(../shared/formats.pri)
 
+QMAKE_TARGET_DESCRIPTION = "Qt Translation File Converter"
 load(qt_tool)
diff --git a/src/linguist/linguist/linguist.pro b/src/linguist/linguist/linguist.pro
index c3de1c6a88bc134ef2fbe1aaffb19977f10e0f50..19153d7164112dad02b42dc4e4a9001b3512da38 100644
--- a/src/linguist/linguist/linguist.pro
+++ b/src/linguist/linguist/linguist.pro
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ DEFINES += QT_KEYWORDS
 TARGET = linguist
 
 QMAKE_TARGET_PRODUCT = Qt Linguist
-QMAKE_TARGET_DESCRIPTION = Tool for adding translations to Qt applications
+QMAKE_TARGET_DESCRIPTION = Qt Linguist
 
 win32 {
    RC_ICONS = linguist.ico
diff --git a/src/linguist/lrelease/lrelease.pro b/src/linguist/lrelease/lrelease.pro
index df026fe48e8f7aad3a69852029ced3405ab47276..c2416dc9a91eeaf1684a1c235c4ae51cf747bccd 100644
--- a/src/linguist/lrelease/lrelease.pro
+++ b/src/linguist/lrelease/lrelease.pro
@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@ qmake.name = QMAKE
 qmake.value = $$shell_path($$QMAKE_QMAKE)
 QT_TOOL_ENV += qmake
 
+QMAKE_TARGET_DESCRIPTION = "Qt Translation File Compiler"
 load(qt_tool)
diff --git a/src/linguist/lupdate/lupdate.pro b/src/linguist/lupdate/lupdate.pro
index 710fd9b1d1b1745fc71e0a327711ebef20a31caa..3aef95c8d58e1434d2ce382400eb76baae37e65c 100644
--- a/src/linguist/lupdate/lupdate.pro
+++ b/src/linguist/lupdate/lupdate.pro
@@ -37,4 +37,5 @@ qmake.name = QMAKE
 qmake.value = $$shell_path($$QMAKE_QMAKE)
 QT_TOOL_ENV += qmake
 
+QMAKE_TARGET_DESCRIPTION = "Qt Translation File Update Tool"
 load(qt_tool)
diff --git a/src/qdoc/qdoc.pro b/src/qdoc/qdoc.pro
index 8cf4b44ddcf24d82a33d67e19e8c78eddbafb520..a49ddc555549818352effc1d0e7878fd4025759a 100644
--- a/src/qdoc/qdoc.pro
+++ b/src/qdoc/qdoc.pro
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ qtPrepareTool(QHELPGENERATOR, qhelpgenerator)
 
 QMAKE_DOCS = $$PWD/doc/config/qdoc.qdocconf
 
+QMAKE_TARGET_DESCRIPTION = "Qt Documentation Compiler"
 load(qt_tool)
 
 TR_EXCLUDE += $$PWD/*
diff --git a/src/qtattributionsscanner/qtattributionsscanner.pro b/src/qtattributionsscanner/qtattributionsscanner.pro
index 827e5f5cf88c8e663709305587cf5973aecea932..c3c57b35de5baec41a4fe0f6fd69464d512e4238 100644
--- a/src/qtattributionsscanner/qtattributionsscanner.pro
+++ b/src/qtattributionsscanner/qtattributionsscanner.pro
@@ -18,4 +18,5 @@ HEADERS += \
 
 DEFINES += QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII QT_NO_CAST_TO_ASCII
 
+QMAKE_TARGET_DESCRIPTION = "Qt Source Code Attribution Scanner"
 load(qt_tool)
diff --git a/src/windeployqt/windeployqt.pro b/src/windeployqt/windeployqt.pro
index b6c843e15457b0484aaf598b74169054d252572c..fc8c74fd5613352abb1315181a519d32f2cb5b11 100644
--- a/src/windeployqt/windeployqt.pro
+++ b/src/windeployqt/windeployqt.pro
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ CONFIG += force_bootstrap
 
 win32: LIBS += -lshlwapi
 
+QMAKE_TARGET_DESCRIPTION = "Qt Windows Deployment Tool"
 load(qt_tool)
diff --git a/src/winrtrunner/winrtrunner.pro b/src/winrtrunner/winrtrunner.pro
index 21f2c8310f6029415384ba278e3ef7897a1a2ae1..e633e0f0d9d531a0a6a93a81b6026e60afc5fd56 100644
--- a/src/winrtrunner/winrtrunner.pro
+++ b/src/winrtrunner/winrtrunner.pro
@@ -22,4 +22,5 @@ LIBS += -lruntimeobject -lwsclient -lShlwapi -lurlmon -lxmllite -lcrypt32
 
 include(../shared/corecon/corecon.pri)
 
+QMAKE_TARGET_DESCRIPTION = "Qt WinRT Runner"
 load(qt_tool)