diff --git a/webtools/bugzilla/makecomponenttable.sh b/webtools/bugzilla/makecomponenttable.sh
index ba235af4057..1e5d4fe8acc 100755
--- a/webtools/bugzilla/makecomponenttable.sh
+++ b/webtools/bugzilla/makecomponenttable.sh
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ insert into components (value, program, initialowner, initialqacontact, descript
 insert into components (value, program, initialowner, initialqacontact, description) values ("Cookies", "NGLayout", "morse@netscape.com", "paulmac@netscape.com", "A general mechanism which server side connections (such as CGI scripts) can use to both store and retrieve information on the client side of the connection. This refers to HTML cookies; little blobs of data we store and share with sites");
 insert into components (value, program, initialowner, initialqacontact, description) values ("DOM", "NGLayout", "vidur@netscape.com", "gerardok@netscape.com", "Bugs related to manipulation of windows, documents and their components (including HTML and XML elements) through JavaScript interfaces or through XPCOM interfaces that are designated as DOM interfaces");
 insert into components (value, program, initialowner, initialqacontact, description) values ("Editor", "NGLayout", "kostello@netscape.com", "sujay@netscape.com", "An embedable editing object within the browser and the mail editing application");
-insert into components (value, program, initialowner, initialqacontact, description) values ("Embedding APIs", "NGLayout", "nisheeth@netscape.com", "claudius@netscape.com", "Bugs in the APIs used embedding the layout component into an external application");
+insert into components (value, program, initialowner, initialqacontact, description) values ("Embedding APIs", "NGLayout", "nisheeth@netscape.com", "claudius@netscape.com", "The embedding API is the set of functions that an external application uses to host an instance of the layout engine within itself.  The embedded layout engine provides services for rendering web content (HTML, XML, CSS, etc).  For example, Encyclopedia Brittanica currently embeds the IE 4.0 layout engine within itself and uses it to show its reference pages.");
 insert into components (value, program, initialowner, initialqacontact, description) values ("Event Handling", "NGLayout", "joki@netscape.com", "gerardok@netscape.com", "Any strangeness with keyboard typing, mouse actions, focus changes.");
 insert into components (value, program, initialowner, initialqacontact, description) values ("Form Submission", "NGLayout", "karnaze@netscape.com", "chrisd@netscape.com", "This is HTML forms -- layout, rendering, functionality and submission.");
 insert into components (value, program, initialowner, initialqacontact, description) values ("HTMLFrames", "NGLayout", "karnaze@netscape.com", "glynn@netscape.com", "This is HTML framesets -- layout and rendering. HTMLFrames == html frame/frameset/iframe tag handling.");