diff --git a/gnu/packages/check.scm b/gnu/packages/check.scm
index 2cfaddbc5f..d83e4b448b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/check.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/check.scm
@@ -1894,8 +1894,8 @@ (define-public python-paramunittest
     (synopsis
      "Simple extension to have parametrized unit tests")
     (description
-     "This package allows to create parametrized unit-tests that work with the standard
-unittest package.  A parametrized test case is automatically converted to multiple test
+     "This package creates parameterized unit-tests that work with the standard
+unittest package.  A parameterized test case is automatically converted to multiple test
 cases.  Since they are TestCase subclasses, they work with other test suites that
 recognize TestCases.")
     (license license:bsd-2)))