diff --git a/gnu/packages/guile-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/guile-xyz.scm
index 1b1acc637c..508b4b44d5 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/guile-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/guile-xyz.scm
@@ -4929,11 +4929,11 @@ (define-public guile-smc
        ("guile-lib" ,guile-lib)
        ("inetutils" ,inetutils)))
     (home-page "https://github.com/artyom-poptsov/guile-smc")
-    (synopsis "GNU Guile state machine compiler.")
+    (synopsis "GNU Guile state machine compiler")
     (description
-     "Guile-SMC is a state machine compiler that allows to describe finite
-state machines (FSMs) in Scheme in terms of transition tables.  It is capable
-to generate such transition tables from a @url{https://plantuml.com/,
+     "Guile-SMC is a state machine compiler that allows users to describe
+finite state machines (FSMs) in Scheme in terms of transition tables.  It is
+capable to generate such transition tables from a @url{https://plantuml.com/,
 PlantUML} state diagrams.
 
 A transition table can be verified and checked for dead-ends and infinite