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diff --git a/gnu/packages/multiprecision.scm b/gnu/packages/multiprecision.scm
index 4320138b73..8e89836595 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/multiprecision.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/multiprecision.scm
@@ -64,12 +64,11 @@
(else '())))))
(synopsis "Multiple-precision arithmetic library")
(description
- "@dfn{GMP} (the GNU Multiple Precision Arithmetic Library) is a library for
-arbitrary-precision arithmetic, operating on signed integers, rational numbers
-and floating point numbers. The precision is only limited by the available
-memory. The library is highly optimized, with a design focus on execution
-speed. It is aimed at use in, for example, cryptography and computational
-algebra.")
+ "The @acronym{GMP, the GNU Multiple Precision Arithmetic} library performs
+arbitrary-precision arithmetic on signed integers, rational numbers and floating
+point numbers. The precision is only limited by the available memory.
+The library is highly optimized, with a design focus on execution speed.
+It is aimed at use in, for example, cryptography and computational algebra.")
(license lgpl3+)
(home-page "https://gmplib.org/")))
@@ -105,7 +104,7 @@ algebra.")
(propagated-inputs `(("gmp" ,gmp))) ; <mpfr.h> refers to <gmp.h>
(synopsis "C library for arbitrary-precision floating-point arithmetic")
(description
- "GNU@tie{}@dfn{MPFR} (Multiple Precision Floating-Point Reliably) is a C
+ "GNU@tie{}@acronym{MPFR, Multiple Precision Floating-Point Reliably} is a C
library for performing multiple-precision, floating-point computations with
correct rounding.")
(license lgpl3+)
@@ -128,8 +127,8 @@ correct rounding.")
("mpfr" ,mpfr)))
(synopsis "C library for arbitrary-precision complex arithmetic")
(description
- "GNU@tie{}@dfn{MPC} (Multiple Precision Complex library) is a C library for
-performing arithmetic on complex numbers. It supports arbitrarily high
+ "GNU@tie{}@acronym{MPC, Multiple Precision Complex library} is a C library
+for performing arithmetic on complex numbers. It supports arbitrarily high
precision and correctly rounds the results.")
(license lgpl3+)
(home-page "http://multiprecision.org/mpc/")))
@@ -150,11 +149,11 @@ precision and correctly rounds the results.")
("mpfr" ,mpfr)))
(synopsis "C library for arbitrary-precision interval arithmetic")
(description
- "@dfn{MPFI} (Multiple Precision Floating-point Interval) is a portable C
+ "@acronym{MPFI, Multiple Precision Floating-point Interval} is a portable C
library for arbitrary-precision interval arithmetic, with intervals represented
-using MPFR reliable floating-point numbers. It's based on the @dfn{GMP} (GNU
-Multiple Precision Arithmetic) and GNU@tie{}@dfn{MPFR} (Multiple Precision
-Floating-Point Reliably) libraries.
+using MPFR reliable floating-point numbers. It's based on the @acronym{GMP, GNU
+Multiple Precision Arithmetic} and GNU@tie{}@acronym{MPFR, Multiple Precision
+Floating-Point Reliably} libraries.
The purpose of arbitrary-precision interval arithmetic is to get results that
are both guaranteed, thanks to interval computation, and accurate, thanks to