diff --git a/guix/describe.scm b/guix/describe.scm
index d1bc397037..46448de311 100644
--- a/guix/describe.scm
+++ b/guix/describe.scm
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ (define-module (guix describe)
   #:use-module ((guix utils) #:select (location-file))
   #:use-module ((guix store) #:select (%store-prefix store-path?))
   #:use-module ((guix config) #:select (%state-directory))
-  #:autoload   (guix channels) (sexp->channel manifest-entry-channel)
+  #:autoload   (guix channels) (channel-name
+                                sexp->channel
+                                manifest-entry-channel)
   #:use-module (srfi srfi-1)
   #:use-module (ice-9 match)
   #:export (current-profile