diff --git a/converters/unix2dos/Makefile b/converters/unix2dos/Makefile
index d00989ef48fb..b8fc52b6a4d0 100644
--- a/converters/unix2dos/Makefile
+++ b/converters/unix2dos/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-# New ports collection makefile for:	unix2dos
-# Date created:		1 February 1999
-# Whom:			obonilla@fisicc-ufm.edu
-#
+# Created by: Oscar Bonilla <obonilla@fisicc-ufm.edu>
 # $FreeBSD$
-#
 
 PORTNAME=	unix2dos
 PORTVERSION=	1.3
@@ -11,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	converters
 MASTER_SITES=	ftp://ftp.guug.org/pub/
 
 MAINTAINER=	obonilla@galileo.edu
-COMMENT=	Translate ASCII files from DOS (cr/lf) to UNIX (lf)
+COMMENT=	Convert ASCII newlines between CR/LF and LF
 
 MAN1=		unix2dos.1 dos2unix.1
 NO_WRKSUBDIR=	yes
diff --git a/converters/unix2dos/pkg-descr b/converters/unix2dos/pkg-descr
index 5bfc12c04d52..8e71434aa01e 100644
--- a/converters/unix2dos/pkg-descr
+++ b/converters/unix2dos/pkg-descr
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-unix2dos and dos2unix are utilities that convert
-ASCII files from the DOS cr/lf format to the UNIX
-lf format
+unix2dos is a set of command-line tools that converts ASCII newline characters
+between Unix's LF and DOS's CR/LF (and vice versa). Despite its name, this
+package provides both `unix2dos` as well as its counterpart, `dos2unix`.