diff --git a/dev-util/autoproject/autoproject-0.20.ebuild b/dev-util/autoproject/autoproject-0.20.ebuild
index 05e5e1d55816d..5343efa1d037c 100644
--- a/dev-util/autoproject/autoproject-0.20.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/autoproject/autoproject-0.20.ebuild
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 inherit eutils
 
 DEB_VER=3
-DESCRIPTION="Used to start a programming project using autotools and a command line parser generator"
+DESCRIPTION="Start a programming project using autotools and a command line parser generator"
 HOMEPAGE="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/devel/autoproject"
 SRC_URI="mirror://debian/pool/main/a/autoproject/${PN}_${PV}.orig.tar.gz
 	mirror://debian/pool/main/a/autoproject/${PN}_${PV}-${DEB_VER}.diff.gz"
diff --git a/dev-util/autoproject/autoproject-0.20_p5.ebuild b/dev-util/autoproject/autoproject-0.20_p5.ebuild
index f76f1b6b65484..d37a9867e8e30 100644
--- a/dev-util/autoproject/autoproject-0.20_p5.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/autoproject/autoproject-0.20_p5.ebuild
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ inherit eutils
 
 MY_PV=${PV%_p*}
 DEB_VER=${PV#*_p}
-DESCRIPTION="Used to start a programming project using autotools and a command line parser generator"
+DESCRIPTION="Start a programming project using autotools and a command line parser generator"
 HOMEPAGE="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/devel/autoproject"
 SRC_URI="mirror://debian/pool/main/a/autoproject/${PN}_${MY_PV}.orig.tar.gz
 	mirror://debian/pool/main/a/autoproject/${PN}_${MY_PV}-${DEB_VER}.diff.gz"