diff --git a/sys-auth/mrsh/metadata.xml b/sys-auth/mrsh/metadata.xml
index 68a30cc72a..04abe5c7fe 100644
--- a/sys-auth/mrsh/metadata.xml
+++ b/sys-auth/mrsh/metadata.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="github">chaos/mrsh</remote-id>
   </upstream>
-<longdescription>Mrsh is a set of remote shell programs that use munge authentication
+<longdescription lang="en">Mrsh is a set of remote shell programs that use munge authentication
 rather than reserved ports for security.  The code for mrsh is based
 on the source code for rsh, rshd, rlogin, rlogind, and rcp.</longdescription>
   <use>