diff --git a/gnu/packages/games.scm b/gnu/packages/games.scm
index 6530cf89de..8c00c2e66e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/games.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/games.scm
@@ -895,8 +895,10 @@ (define-public rogue
      `(#:tests? #f
        #:make-flags (list "CFLAGS=-DNCURSES_INTERNALS")))
     (inputs (list ncurses))
-    (synopsis "Original Rogue Game (5.4.4)")
-    (description "Rogue 5.4.4: Exploring the Dungeons of Doom")
+    (synopsis "Original rogue game")
+    (description
+     "This package provides ``Rogue: Exploring the Dungeons of Doom'', the
+original rogue game found on 4.2BSD.")
     (home-page "https://github.com/Davidslv/rogue")
     (license license:bsd-3)))