2 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/rust/bindgen/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/rust/bindgen/default.nix
index 392f5333211..782996d9218 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/rust/bindgen/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/rust/bindgen/default.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ let
       inherit bash;
       unwrapped = rust-bindgen-unwrapped;
       libclang = clang.cc.lib;
+      meta = rust-bindgen-unwrapped.meta // {
+        longDescription = rust-bindgen-unwrapped.meta.longDescription + ''
+          This version of bindgen is wrapped with the required compiler flags
+          required to find the c and c++ standard libary, as well as the libraries
+          specified in the buildInputs of your derivation.
+        '';
+      };
       passthru.tests = {
         simple-c = runCommandCC "simple-c-bindgen-tests" { } ''
           echo '#include <stdlib.h>' > a.c
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/rust/bindgen/unwrapped.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/rust/bindgen/unwrapped.nix
index 3438724525a..65ce8e20bc0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/rust/bindgen/unwrapped.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/rust/bindgen/unwrapped.nix
@@ -54,11 +54,6 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     longDescription = ''
       Bindgen takes a c or c++ header file and turns them into
       rust ffi declarations.
-      As with most compiler related software, this will only work
-      inside a nix-shell with the required libraries as buildInputs.
-      This version of bindgen is wrapped with the required compiler flags
-      required to find the c and c++ standard libary of the input clang
-      derivation.
     '';
     homepage = "https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-bindgen";
     license = with licenses; [ bsd3 ];