diff --git a/app-emacs/scim-bridge-el/metadata.xml b/app-emacs/scim-bridge-el/metadata.xml
index 43c14ac67d167..d351407087a40 100644
--- a/app-emacs/scim-bridge-el/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-emacs/scim-bridge-el/metadata.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,16 @@
   <name>Gentoo GNU Emacs project</name>
 </maintainer>
 <longdescription>
-  A SCIM-Bridge client for Emacs.
+  The Smart Common Input Method platform (SCIM) is an input method (IM)
+  platform containing support for more than thirty languages (CJK and
+  many European languages) for POSIX-style operating systems including
+  Linux and BSD.
+
+  scim-bridge.el is a SCIM-Bridge client for Emacs. This program allows
+  users on-the-spot style input with SCIM. The input statuses are
+  individually kept for each buffer, and prefix-keys such as C-x and C-c
+  can be used even if SCIM is active. So you can input various languages
+  fast and comfortably by using it.
 </longdescription>
 <stabilize-allarches/>
 <upstream>