diff --git a/guix/import/utils.scm b/guix/import/utils.scm
index c6b7341f2b1..16301f15f3e 100644
--- a/guix/import/utils.scm
+++ b/guix/import/utils.scm
@@ -389,7 +389,8 @@ LENGTH characters."
                                      (string-suffix? "?" last))
                                last
                                (string-append last "."))
-                             (reverse rest))))))
+                             (reverse rest))))
+             (() new-words))) ;; No description in package
          (cleaned
           (string-join (map fix-word new-words))))
     ;; Use double spacing between sentences