diff --git a/gnu/packages/julia-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/julia-xyz.scm
index b931f8adc5..619ff74c0c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/julia-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/julia-xyz.scm
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ expressions")
     (description "MacroTools provides a library of tools for working with
 Julia code and expressions.  This includes a powerful template-matching system
 and code-walking tools that let you do deep transformations of code in a few
-lines.Julia code and expressions.")
+lines.")
     (license license:expat)))
 
 (define-public julia-lazy