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diff --git a/gnu/packages/groff.scm b/gnu/packages/groff.scm
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+++ b/gnu/packages/groff.scm
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@
("texinfo" ,texinfo)))
(synopsis "Typesetting from plain text mixed with formatting commands")
(description
- "GNU Troff (Groff) is a software typesetting package which reads plain
-text mixed with formatting commands and produces formatted output.")
+ "The groff is a typesetting package that reads plain text and produces
+formatted output based on formatting commands contained within the text. It
+is used particularly often in the formatting of \"man\" documentation pages.")
(license gpl3+)
(home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/")))