diff --git a/sys-libs/glibc/metadata.xml b/sys-libs/glibc/metadata.xml
index 8079534faf1e5..be2851b821552 100644
--- a/sys-libs/glibc/metadata.xml
+++ b/sys-libs/glibc/metadata.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  <flag name="compile-locales">build *all* locales in src_install; this is generally meant for stage building only as it ignores /etc/locale.gen file and can be pretty slow</flag>
  <flag name="debug">When USE=hardened, allow fortify/stack violations to dump core (SIGABRT) and not kill self (SIGKILL)</flag>
  <flag name="gd">build memusage and memusagestat tools</flag>
- <flag name="multiarch">enable single DSO with optimizations for multiple architectures</flag>
+ <flag name="multiarch">enable optimizations for multiple CPU architectures (detected at runtime)</flag>
  <flag name="nscd">Build, and enable support for, the Name Service Cache Daemon</flag>
  <flag name="rpc">Enable obsolete RPC/NIS layers</flag>
  <flag name="suid">Make internal pt_chown helper setuid -- not needed if using Linux and have /dev/pts mounted with gid=5</flag>