diff --git a/dev-scheme/chicken/chicken-4.8.0.5.recipe b/dev-scheme/chicken/chicken-4.8.0.5.recipe
index a79f72325..7847f64ca 100644
--- a/dev-scheme/chicken/chicken-4.8.0.5.recipe
+++ b/dev-scheme/chicken/chicken-4.8.0.5.recipe
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
-SUMMARY="Chicken is a Scheme interpreter and native Scheme to C compiler"
-DESCRIPTION="CHICKEN is a compiler for the Scheme programming language. CHICKEN produces portable and efficient C, supports almost all of the R5RS Scheme language standard, and includes many enhancements and extensions. CHICKEN runs on Linux, MacOS X, Windows, and many Unix flavours."
+SUMMARY="A Scheme interpreter and native Scheme to C compiler"
+DESCRIPTION="
+CHICKEN is a compiler for the Scheme programming language. CHICKEN produces \
+portable and efficient C, supports almost all of the R5RS Scheme language \
+standard, and includes many enhancements and extensions. CHICKEN runs on \
+Linux, MacOS X, Windows, and many Unix flavours.
+"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.call-cc.org/" 
 SRC_URI="http://code.call-cc.org/releases/4.8.0/chicken-4.8.0.5.tar.gz"
 CHECKSUM_MD5="a63d8a0b6bc58a97ec5cc4c4a19b308a"