1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/hammer/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/hammer/default.nix
index f04d773c374b..5392f14926b8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/hammer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/hammer/default.nix
@@ -15,13 +15,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   installPhase = "scons prefix=$out install";
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "Hammer is a parsing library";
-    longDescription = "Hammer is a parsing library. Like many modern parsing libraries,
-	       it provides a parser combinator interface for writing grammars
-	       as inline domain-specific languages, but Hammer also provides a
-	       variety of parsing backends. It's also bit-oriented rather than
-	       character-oriented, making it ideal for parsing binary data such
-	       as images, network packets, audio, and executables.";
+    description = "A bit-oriented parser combinator library";
+    longDescription = ''
+      Hammer is a parsing library. Like many modern parsing libraries,
+      it provides a parser combinator interface for writing grammars
+      as inline domain-specific languages, but Hammer also provides a
+      variety of parsing backends. It's also bit-oriented rather than
+      character-oriented, making it ideal for parsing binary data such
+      as images, network packets, audio, and executables.
+    '';
     homepage = https://github.com/UpstandingHackers/hammer;
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     platforms = platforms.linux;