diff --git a/dev-haskell/comonad/comonad-5.0.5.ebuild b/dev-haskell/comonad/comonad-5.0.5.ebuild
index 94f3e3dd509a5..b17c0e77877d7 100644
--- a/dev-haskell/comonad/comonad-5.0.5.ebuild
+++ b/dev-haskell/comonad/comonad-5.0.5.ebuild
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ EAPI=7
 CABAL_FEATURES="lib profile haddock hoogle hscolour test-suite"
 inherit haskell-cabal
 
-DESCRIPTION="Comonads"
+DESCRIPTION="Haskell 98 compatible comonads"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/ekmett/comonad/"
 SRC_URI="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/${P}/${P}.tar.gz"