diff --git a/app-shells/fish/fish-1.23.1_git.recipe b/app-shells/fish/fish-1.23.1_git.recipe
index 7729c9a4f..b8132ea3d 100644
--- a/app-shells/fish/fish-1.23.1_git.recipe
+++ b/app-shells/fish/fish-1.23.1_git.recipe
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY="The friendly interactive shell" 
-DESCRIPTION="The friendly interactive shell" 
+DESCRIPTION="
+The friendly interactive shell
+" 
 HOMEPAGE="http://ridiculousfish.com/shell/" 
 SRC_URI="git://git.gitorious.org/fish-shell/fish-shell.git"
 #CHECKSUM_MD5=""
diff --git a/app-shells/zsh/zsh-5.0.2.recipe b/app-shells/zsh/zsh-5.0.2.recipe
index b3c0a5f82..16fec8f52 100644
--- a/app-shells/zsh/zsh-5.0.2.recipe
+++ b/app-shells/zsh/zsh-5.0.2.recipe
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 SUMMARY="Zsh is a UNIX command interpreter (shell)"
 DESCRIPTION="
-Zsh is a shell designed for interactive use, although it is also a
-powerful scripting language. Many of the useful features of bash,
-ksh, and tcsh were incorporated into zsh; many original features were
-added."
+Zsh is a shell designed for interactive use, although it is also a powerful \
+scripting language. Many of the useful features of bash, ksh, and tcsh were \
+incorporated into zsh; many original features were added.
+"
 
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.zsh.org"
 LICENSE="ZSH"