diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/pixie/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/pixie/default.nix
index 85af751809c6..c4086078d7d6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/pixie/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/pixie/default.nix
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ let
         --prefix PATH : ${bin-path}
     '';
     meta = {
-      description = "Pixie is a clojure-like lisp, built with the pypy vm toolkit.";
+      description = "A clojure-like lisp, built with the pypy vm toolkit";
       homepage = "https://github.com/pixie-lang/pixie";
       license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl3;
       platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;