diff --git a/srcpkgs/groff/template b/srcpkgs/groff/template
index 396313d380..e58613b4c6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/groff/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/groff/template
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--without-x --disable-rpath"
 hostmakedepends="texinfo perl bison"
 makedepends="zlib-devel"
-short_desc="The GNU troff text-formatting system"
+short_desc="GNU troff text-formatting system"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://www.gnu.org/software/groff/groff.html"