diff --git a/app-arch/zopfli/metadata.xml b/app-arch/zopfli/metadata.xml
index ecf7dd657bada..634b54aec83c8 100644
--- a/app-arch/zopfli/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-arch/zopfli/metadata.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <maintainer type="person">
     <email>alex_y_xu@yahoo.ca</email>
     <name>Alex Xu</name>
-    <description>Proxied maintainer</description>
+    <description>Proxied maintainer; set to assignee in all bugs</description>
   </maintainer>
   <maintainer type="project">
     <email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>