diff --git a/x11/libXvMC/pkg-descr b/x11/libXvMC/pkg-descr
index 53be45c4f3bd..43e3981768d8 100644
--- a/x11/libXvMC/pkg-descr
+++ b/x11/libXvMC/pkg-descr
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-This package contains the X Video Extension library.
+X-Video Motion Compensation (XvMC) provides accelerated video
+playback by offloading video decoding to hardware. It is an
+extension of the X video extension for the X Window System.