diff --git a/gnu/packages/statistics.scm b/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
index c05f2419d0..d3f75ce57b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
@@ -4781,7 +4781,7 @@ (define-public r-robustbase
     (home-page "http://robustbase.r-forge.r-project.org/")
     (synopsis "Basic robust statistics")
     (description
-     "This package allows to analyze data with robust methods such as
+     "This package analyzes data with robust methods such as
 regression methodology including model selections and multivariate statistics.")
     (license license:gpl2+)))