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diff --git a/gnu/packages/terminals.scm b/gnu/packages/terminals.scm
index 7837723e39..b6d99fda7a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/terminals.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/terminals.scm
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@
#:use-module (gnu packages ncurses)
#:use-module (gnu packages gtk)
#:use-module (gnu packages gnome)
- #:use-module (gnu packages xdisorg))
+ #:use-module (gnu packages xdisorg)
+ #:use-module (srfi srfi-26))
(define-public tilda
(package
@@ -217,10 +218,13 @@ compatibility to existing emulators like xterm, gnome-terminal, konsole, etc.")
("mesa" ,mesa)
("pango" ,pango)
("udev" ,eudev)))
- (synopsis "Simple terminal emulator")
- (description "Kmscon is a simple terminal emulator based on linux kernel
-mode setting (KMS). It is an attempt to replace the in-kernel VT implementation
-with a userspace console. See kmscon(1) man-page for usage information.")
+ (synopsis "Linux KMS-based terminal emulator")
+ (description "Kmscon is a terminal emulator based on Linux's @dfn{kernel
+mode setting} (KMS). It can replace the in-kernel virtual terminal (VT)
+implementation with a user-space console. Compared to the Linux console,
+kmscon provides enhanced features including XKB-compatible internationalized
+keyboard support, UTF-8 input/font support, hardware-accelerated rendering,
+multi-seat support, a replacement for @command{mingetty}, and more.")
(home-page "https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/kmscon")
;; Hash table implementation is lgpl2.1+ licensed.
;; The wcwidth implementation in external/wcwidth.{h,c} uses a license
@@ -229,4 +233,7 @@ with a userspace console. See kmscon(1) man-page for usage information.")
;; under the bsd 2 license.
;; Unifont-Font is from http://unifoundry.com/unifont.html and licensed
;; under the terms of the GNU GPL.
- (license (list license:expat license:lgpl2.1+ license:bsd-2 license:gpl2+))))
+ (license (list license:expat license:lgpl2.1+ license:bsd-2
+ license:gpl2+))
+ (supported-systems (filter (cut string-suffix? "-linux" <>)
+ %supported-systems))))