diff --git a/perl/p5-io-string/Portfile b/perl/p5-io-string/Portfile
index 55e32b49e91..04d0d0f7fc5 100644
--- a/perl/p5-io-string/Portfile
+++ b/perl/p5-io-string/Portfile
@@ -8,15 +8,8 @@ perl5.setup         IO-String 1.08
 revision            4
 license             {Artistic-1 GPL}
 maintainers         nomaintainer
-description         Emulate file interface for in-core strings
-long_description    The IO::String module provides the IO::File interface \
-                    for in-core strings. An IO::String object can be \
-                    attached to a string, and makes it possible to use the \
-                    normal file operations for reading or writing data, as \
-                    well as for seeking to various locations of the string. \
-                    This is useful when you want to use a library module \
-                    that only provides an interface to file handles on data \
-                    that you have in a string variable.
+description         IO::String - Emulate file interface for in-core strings
+long_description    {*}${description}
 
 platforms           {darwin any}
 supported_archs     noarch