diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnome-menus/template b/srcpkgs/gnome-menus/template
index 1c01993306..264393f9b2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gnome-menus/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnome-menus/template
@@ -8,13 +8,8 @@ short_desc="GNOME menu specifications"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 checksum=6c390f88914712e1de425b9a2579f34b0cf27917521e9eb363b0c7cf120fe976
 long_desc="
- gnome-menus provides the following components:
-
-  * The GNOME menus manager.
-  * The GNOME menus manager configuration program and several other
-    menus management related utilities.
-  * The GNOME menus manager proxy, which handles basic menus
-    management for applications that do not support XSM."
+ This package provides an implementation of the Desktop Menu Specification
+ for the GNOME Desktop."
 
 subpackages="$pkgname-devel"