diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/intel-oneapi-compilers/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/intel-oneapi-compilers/package.py
index f0fece125b4..1853f00fb18 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/intel-oneapi-compilers/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/intel-oneapi-compilers/package.py
@@ -234,7 +234,8 @@
 
 @IntelOneApiPackage.update_description
 class IntelOneapiCompilers(IntelOneApiPackage, CompilerPackage):
-    """Intel oneAPI Compilers. Includes: icc, icpc, ifort, icx, icpx, and ifx."""
+    """Intel oneAPI Compilers. Includes: icx, icpx, ifx, and ifort.
+    Releases before 2024.0 include icc/icpc"""
 
     maintainers("rscohn2")