diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/default.nix
index 0919f30a7752..df2a8ca5ce78 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/default.nix
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "Chromium, an open source web browser";
+    description = "An open source web browser from Google";
     homepage = http://www.chromium.org/;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ goibhniu chaoflow aszlig ];
     license = licenses.bsd3;