diff --git a/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
index 7e83fa579a..40718373b5 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
@@ -10574,15 +10574,12 @@ (define-public emacs-helm
      `(("emacs-async" ,emacs-async)
        ("emacs-popup" ,emacs-popup)))
     (home-page "https://emacs-helm.github.io/helm/")
-    (synopsis "Incremental completion and selection narrowing
-framework for Emacs")
-    (description "Helm is incremental completion and selection narrowing
-framework for Emacs.  It will help steer you in the right direction when
-you're looking for stuff in Emacs (like buffers, files, etc).  Helm is a fork
-of @code{anything.el} originally written by Tamas Patrovic and can be
-considered to be its successor.  Helm sets out to clean up the legacy code in
-@code{anything.el} and provide a cleaner, leaner and more modular tool, that's
-not tied in the trap of backward compatibility.")
+    (synopsis
+     "Incremental completion and selection narrowing framework for Emacs")
+    (description
+     "Helm is an incremental completion and selection narrowing framework for
+Emacs.  It will help steer you in the right direction when you're looking for
+stuff in Emacs (like buffers, files, etc).")
     (license license:gpl3+)))
 
 (define-public emacs-helm-org