diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-dlcpar/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-dlcpar/package.py
index e299245542c..8afe4fe6fed 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-dlcpar/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-dlcpar/package.py
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
 
 
 class PyDlcpar(PythonPackage):
-    """FIXME: Put a proper description of your package here."""
+    """DLCpar is a reconciliation method for inferring gene duplications,
+    losses, and coalescence (accounting for incomplete lineage sorting)."""
 
     homepage = "https://www.cs.hmc.edu/~yjw/software/dlcpar/"
     url      = "https://www.cs.hmc.edu/~yjw/software/dlcpar/pub/sw/dlcpar-1.0.tar.gz"