Move some excess description to longDescription

4 files changed, 21 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/kgocode/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/kgocode/default.nix
index 5e72b02045c..aa184cbe1a4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/kgocode/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/kgocode/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "a plugin for KTextEditor (Kate, KDevelop, among others) that provides basic code completion for the Go programming language. Uses gocode as completion provider";
+    description = "Go code completion for Kate, KDevelop and others";
+    longDescription = ''
+      A plugin for KTextEditor (Kate, KDevelop, among others) that provides
+      basic code completion for the Go programming language.
+      Uses gocode as completion provider.
+    '';
     homepage    = https://bitbucket.org/lucashnegri/kgocode/overview;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ qknight ];
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/accelio/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/accelio/default.nix
index 80b0eba60bd..637976977b1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/accelio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/accelio/default.nix
@@ -47,7 +47,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = http://www.accelio.org/;
-    description = "a high-performance asynchronous reliable messaging and RPC library optimized for hardware acceleration";
+    description = "High-performance messaging and RPC library";
+    longDescription = ''
+      A high-performance asynchronous reliable messaging and RPC library
+      optimized for hardware acceleration.
+    '';
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     platforms = with platforms; linux ++ freebsd;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ wkennington ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/jemalloc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/jemalloc/default.nix
index 746ebd2bfcd..4a4bc039229 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/jemalloc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/jemalloc/default.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = http://www.canonware.com/jemalloc/index.html;
-    description = "a general purpose malloc(3) implementation that emphasizes fragmentation avoidance and scalable concurrency support";
+    description = "General purpose malloc(3) implementation";
+    longDescription = ''
+      malloc(3)-compatible memory allocator that emphasizes fragmentation
+      avoidance and scalable concurrency support.
+    '';
     license = licenses.bsd2;
     platforms = platforms.all;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ wkennington ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/ttylog/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/ttylog/default.nix
index 16db6b62eb7..ab7ab2b68c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/ttylog/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/ttylog/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = "http://ttylog.sourceforg.net";
-    description = "a serial port logger which can be used to print everything to stdout that comes from a serial device";
+    description = "Simple serial port logger";
+    longDescription = ''
+      A serial port logger which can be used to print everything to stdout
+      that comes from a serial device.
+    '';
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ wkennington ];