diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/parted/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/parted/default.nix
index d256eda7a4b0..11e4cf856f4b 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/parted/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/parted/default.nix
@@ -2,20 +2,23 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "parted-1.8.8";
+  
   src = fetchurl {
     url = mirror://gnu/parted/parted-1.8.8.tar.bz2;
     sha256 = "1sn5qcdi4pvxnxz8ryh5p52qmqd72qbk0d0a65pksxf7khd83kfz";
   };
+  
   buildInputs = [e2fsprogs readline];
 
   preConfigure=''
     export CFLAGS=-fgnu89-inline
     export NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="$NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE -fgnu89-inline"
   '';
+  
   configureFlags = "--without-readline";
 
   meta = {
-    description = "industrial-strength package for creating, destroying, resizing, checking and copying partitions";
+    description = "Tool to create, destroy, resize, check and copy partitions";
     homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/;
     license = "GPLv3";
   };