diff --git a/gnu/packages/haskell-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/haskell-xyz.scm
index d22a08e7fb..c9119efd69 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/haskell-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/haskell-xyz.scm
@@ -10780,7 +10780,7 @@ (define-public ghc-smallcheck
     (home-page
      "https://github.com/feuerbach/smallcheck")
     (synopsis "Property-based testing library")
-    (description "SmallCheck is a testing library that allows to verify
+    (description "SmallCheck is a testing library that verifies
 properties for all test cases up to some depth.  The test cases are generated
 automatically by SmallCheck.")
     (license license:bsd-3)))