diff --git a/srcpkgs/mpfr/mpfr-devel.template b/srcpkgs/mpfr/mpfr-devel.template
index d05e10a96f..f543371b41 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mpfr/mpfr-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mpfr/mpfr-devel.template
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'mpfr-devel'.
 #
 depends="gmp-devel mpfr>=$version"
-short_desc="${sourcepkg} development files"
-long_desc="${long_desc}
-
- This package contains files for development: headers, static libs, etc."
+short_desc="${short_desc} -- development files"
 
 do_install() {
 	vmove usr/include usr
diff --git a/srcpkgs/mpfr/template b/srcpkgs/mpfr/template
index fa1ac6684b..3bda6a4e1a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mpfr/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mpfr/template
@@ -1,22 +1,15 @@
 # Template build file for 'mpfr'
 pkgname=mpfr
 version=3.1.1
-revision=1
-bootstrap=yes
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-thread-safe"
 subpackages="$pkgname-devel"
 makedepends="gmp-devel"
+crossmakedepends="${makedepends}"
 short_desc="Library for multiple-precision floating-point computations"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="LGPL-3"
 homepage="http://www.mpfr.org"
 distfiles="${homepage}/mpfr-current/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
 checksum=7b66c3f13dc8385f08264c805853f3e1a8eedab8071d582f3e661971c9acd5fd
-long_desc="
- The MPFR library is a C library for multiple-precision floating-point
- computations with correct rounding. MPFR has continuously been supported
- by the INRIA and the current main authors come from the CACAO and Arénaire
- project-teams at Loria (Nancy, France) and LIP (Lyon, France) respectively;
- see more on the credit page. MPFR is based on the GMP multiple-precision
- library."