diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/rethinkdb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/rethinkdb/default.nix
index 4a299e9f556..f262663205a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/rethinkdb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/rethinkdb/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   ];
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://github.com/atnnn/haskell-rethinkdb";
-    description = "RethinkDB is a distributed document store with a powerful query language";
+    description = "RethinkDB driver for Haskell";
     license = self.stdenv.lib.licenses.asl20;
     platforms = self.ghc.meta.platforms;
   };