diff --git a/app-portage/pacvis/metadata.xml b/app-portage/pacvis/metadata.xml
index 90bbe3884b..973277d5c1 100644
--- a/app-portage/pacvis/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-portage/pacvis/metadata.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
     <email>brian.gloyer@gmail.com</email>
     <name>brian gloyer</name>
   </maintainer>
+  <longdescription>
+    Shows an interactive graph of packages using a web interface
+  </longdescription>
   <upstream>
     <maintainer status="active">
       <email>brian.gloyer@gmail.com</email>