diff --git a/gnu/packages/text-editors.scm b/gnu/packages/text-editors.scm
index 6df2814411..40d6d28b55 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/text-editors.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/text-editors.scm
@@ -1291,12 +1291,12 @@ (define-public lite-xl
                   sdl2))
     (native-inputs (list pkg-config))
     (home-page "https://lite-xl.com")
-    (synopsis "A lightweight text editor written in Lua")
+    (synopsis "Lightweight text editor written in Lua")
     (description
-     "Lite XL is derived from lite. It is a lightweight text editor
-written mostly in Lua — it aims to provide something practical, pretty, small
-and fast easy to modify and extend, or to use without doing either.
+     "Lite XL is derived from lite.  It is a lightweight text editor written
+mostly in Lua.  It aims to provide something practical, pretty, small and fast
+easy to modify and extend, or to use without doing either.
 
-The aim of Lite XL compared to lite is to be more user friendly, improve the
+The aim of Lite XL compared to lite is to be more user-friendly, improve the
 quality of font rendering, and reduce CPU usage.")
     (license license:expat)))