Summaries

A description or summary should explain more about the action the user wants to do.

Summaries often show up in search results, so explain why someone should open that page.

A summary should have important words in the front. Keep your summary shorter than 140 characters, as search engines cut off text unpredictably.

Use (what the user needs to do)	Not (how we think about it)
Before you get married in California, you need a marriage license. Get a marriage license less than 90 days before you get married.	Only 2 unmarried persons over the age of 18 years of age with valid legal identification may apply for a marriage license in California. Anyone under 18 must obtain a court order through the Juvenile Court system.
You can get a copy of a birth certificate for someone born in San Francisco after 1906.	The Office of Vital Records is responsible for registering all of the births and deaths that take place within the City and County of San Francisco only.