diff --git a/srcpkgs/newsbeuter/template b/srcpkgs/newsbeuter/template
index 2eeb83c6841..69445bd6130 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/newsbeuter/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/newsbeuter/template
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build_style=gnu-makefile
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config perl"
 makedepends="ncurses-devel stfl-devel json-c-devel libxml2-devel libcurl-devel sqlite-devel libressl-devel"
 depends="stfl"
-short_desc="Newsbeuter is the Mutt of RSS feed readers."
+short_desc="Newsbeuter is the Mutt of RSS feed readers"
 maintainer="Logen K <logen@sudotask.com>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="http://www.newsbeuter.org"