diff --git a/gnu/packages/lisp-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/lisp-xyz.scm
index 024daa44819..3ea194db13e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/lisp-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/lisp-xyz.scm
@@ -5502,7 +5502,7 @@ and @code{kqueue(2)}), a pathname library and file-system utilities.")
       (native-inputs
        `(("fiveam" ,sbcl-fiveam)))
       (synopsis "IEEE 754 binary representation for floats in Common Lisp")
-      (description "This is a Common Lisp library that allows to convert
+      (description "This is a Common Lisp library that converts
 floating point values to IEEE 754 binary representation.")
       (license license:bsd-3))))