diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index fb0688b..ac386a9 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 1.65
 
 * Exclude inc (suggested by Ian Burrell).
-* Capitalize $summary.
+* Massage $summary (capitalize, remove trailing ".", remove leading "A").
 
 1.64    2006-03-24
 
diff --git a/cpanspec b/cpanspec
index 4ebe9e0..0a6e77e 100755
--- a/cpanspec
+++ b/cpanspec
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 #
-# $Id: cpanspec,v 1.19 2006/04/10 20:47:49 stevenpritchard Exp $
+# $Id: cpanspec,v 1.20 2006/04/10 21:01:52 stevenpritchard Exp $
 
 my $NAME="cpanspec";
 my $VERSION='1.65';
@@ -391,7 +391,12 @@ sub get_description(%) {
                     $description=$1;
                 }
                 if ($rendered=~/NAME\s*$args{module}\s[-\s]*(\S[^\n]*)/s) {
-                    $summary=ucfirst($1) if ($1 ne "SYNOPSIS");
+                    if ($1 ne "SYNOPSIS") {
+                        $summary=$1;
+                        $summary=~s/[.\s]+//;
+                        $summary=~s/^A\s+//i;
+                        $summary=ucfirst($summary);
+                    }
                 }
                 return($description, $summary) if (defined($description));
             }