diff --git a/dev-python/mccabe/mccabe-0.4.0.ebuild b/dev-python/mccabe/mccabe-0.4.0.ebuild
index 25a13eee7d69a..a4d4a64c00f1e 100644
--- a/dev-python/mccabe/mccabe-0.4.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/mccabe/mccabe-0.4.0.ebuild
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ RESTRICT="test"
 
 inherit distutils-r1
 
-DESCRIPTION="a plugin for flake8"
+DESCRIPTION="flake8 plugin: McCabe complexity checker"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/PyCQA/mccabe"
 SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/${PN:0:1}/${PN}/${P}.tar.gz"