diff --git a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
index 0a77ccfdf9..f8a4ed7e5d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
@@ -8463,7 +8463,7 @@ (define-public r-msnbase
     (synopsis "Base functions and classes for MS-based proteomics")
     (description
      "This package provides basic plotting, data manipulation and processing
-of MS-based proteomics data.")
+of mass spectrometry based proteomics data.")
     (license license:artistic2.0)))
 
 (define-public r-msnid