diff --git a/meta-zephyr-core/recipes-kernel/zephyr-kernel/zephyr-helloworld.bb b/meta-zephyr-core/recipes-kernel/zephyr-kernel/zephyr-helloworld.bb
index ac5ce62..20d1700 100644
--- a/meta-zephyr-core/recipes-kernel/zephyr-kernel/zephyr-helloworld.bb
+++ b/meta-zephyr-core/recipes-kernel/zephyr-kernel/zephyr-helloworld.bb
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+SUMMARY = "Hello World Zephyr Sample"
+DESCRIPTION = "A simple Zephyr application that prints 'Hello World' on the \
+console"
+
 include zephyr-sample.inc
 
 ZEPHYR_SRC_DIR = "${S}/samples/hello_world"
diff --git a/meta-zephyr-core/recipes-kernel/zephyr-kernel/zephyr-philosophers.bb b/meta-zephyr-core/recipes-kernel/zephyr-kernel/zephyr-philosophers.bb
index a2afb57..5a2ac70 100644
--- a/meta-zephyr-core/recipes-kernel/zephyr-kernel/zephyr-philosophers.bb
+++ b/meta-zephyr-core/recipes-kernel/zephyr-kernel/zephyr-philosophers.bb
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+SUMMARY = "Philosophers Zephyr Sample"
+DESCRIPTION = "A simple Zephyr application that demonstrates basic sanity of \
+the kernel. It demonstrates that kernel scheduling, communication and timing \
+operate correctly by printing a greeting to the console from two threads."
+
 include zephyr-sample.inc
 
 ZEPHYR_SRC_DIR = "${S}/samples/philosophers"