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diff --git a/gnu/packages/guile.scm b/gnu/packages/guile.scm
index dfad70884c..653d42c1b2 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/guile.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/guile.scm
@@ -95,9 +95,11 @@
(synopsis "Scheme implementation intended especially for extensions")
(description
-"GNU Guile 1.8 is an interpreter for the Scheme programming language,
-packaged as a library that can be embedded into programs to make them
-extensible. It supports many SRFIs.")
+ "Guile is the GNU Ubiquitous Intelligent Language for Extensions, the
+official extension language of the GNU system. It is an implementation of
+the Scheme language which can be easily embedded in other applications to
+provide a convenient means of extending the functionality of the application
+without requiring the source code to be rewritten.")
(home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/")
(license lgpl2.0+)))
@@ -164,12 +166,11 @@ extensible. It supports many SRFIs.")
(synopsis "Scheme implementation intended especially for extensions")
(description
-"GNU Guile is an implementation of the Scheme programming language, with
-support for many SRFIs, packaged for use in a wide variety of environments.
-In addition to implementing the R5RS Scheme standard and a large subset of
-R6RS, Guile includes a module system, full access to POSIX system calls,
-networking support, multiple threads, dynamic linking, a foreign function
-call interface, and powerful string processing.")
+ "Guile is the GNU Ubiquitous Intelligent Language for Extensions, the
+official extension language of the GNU system. It is an implementation of
+the Scheme language which can be easily embedded in other applications to
+provide a convenient means of extending the functionality of the application
+without requiring the source code to be rewritten.")
(home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/")
(license lgpl3+)))
@@ -264,10 +265,7 @@ many readers as needed).")
(home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/guile-ncurses/")
(synopsis "Guile bindings to ncurses")
(description
- "GNU Guile-Ncurses is a library for the Guile Scheme interpreter that
-provides functions for creating text user interfaces. The text user interface
-functionality is built on the ncurses libraries: curses, form, panel, and
-menu.")
+ "guile-ncurses provides guile bindings to the ncurses library.")
(license lgpl3+)))
(define-public mcron
@@ -288,11 +286,10 @@ menu.")
(home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/mcron/")
(synopsis "Run jobs at scheduled times")
(description
- "The GNU package mcron (Mellor's cron) is a 100% compatible replacement
-for Vixie cron. It is written in pure Guile, and allows configuration files
-to be written in scheme (as well as Vixie's original format) for infinite
-flexibility in specifying when jobs should be run. Mcron was written by Dale
-Mellor.")
+ "Mcron is a complete replacement for Vixie cron. It is used to run
+tasks on a schedule, such as every hour or every Monday. Mcron is written in
+Guile, so its configuration can be written in Scheme, however the original
+cron format is also supported.")
(license gpl3+)))
(define-public guile-lib