--- a/components/r/r-cran-methods.p5m	Fri Nov 20 12:43:10 2015 -0800
+++ b/components/r/r-cran-methods.p5m	Fri Nov 20 14:57:30 2015 -0800
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 set name=pkg.fmri \
     value=pkg:/library/r/r-cran-methods@$(IPS_COMPONENT_VERSION),$(BUILD_VERSION)
 set name=pkg.summary value="Formal Methods and Classes for R"
+set name=pkg.description \
+    value="Formally defined methods and classes for R objects, plus other programming tools, as described in 'Software for Data Analysis: Programming with R' and 'Programming with Data' by John M. Chambers."
 set name=com.oracle.info.description \
     value="the Formal Methods and Classes for R"
 set name=com.oracle.info.tpno value=$(TPNO)