diff --git a/devel/stlink/pkg-descr b/devel/stlink/pkg-descr
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- ST-Link v1 / ST-Link v2 STMicroelectronics JTAG variat support.
+Open source version of the STMicroelectronics STLINK Tools
+
+ stlink is an open source toolset to program and debug STM32 devices and boards
+manufactured by STMicroelectronics.
+
+ It supports several so called STLINK programmer boards (and clones thereof)
+which use a microcontroller chip to translate commands from USB to JTAG/SWD.
 
- This packahe provide utilities to flash and debug STMicro microcontrollers
-via ST-Link v1 / ST-Link v2 protocols.