diff --git a/python-OWSLib.spec b/python-OWSLib.spec
index 5e9b765..ea9880a 100644
--- a/python-OWSLib.spec
+++ b/python-OWSLib.spec
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ BuildRequires:  python%{python3_pkgversion}-nbconvert
 BuildRequires:  python%{python3_pkgversion}-pandoc
 %endif
 
-%global common_description %{expand: \
+%global common_description %{expand:
 OWSLib is a Python package for client programming with Open Geospatial
 Consortium (OGC) web service (hence OWS) interface standards, and their related
 content models.
@@ -66,8 +66,7 @@ Full documentation is available at http://geopython.github.io/OWSLib
 OWSLib provides a common API for accessing service metadata and wrappers for
 numerous OGC Web Service interfaces.}
 
-%description
-%{common_description}
+%description %{common_description}
 
 
 %package -n python%{python3_pkgversion}-OWSLib
@@ -76,15 +75,15 @@ Summary:        %{summary}
 %py_provides python%{python3_pkgversion}-OWSLib
 %py_provides python%{python3_pkgversion}-owslib
 
-%description -n python%{python3_pkgversion}-OWSLib
-%{common_description}
+%description -n python%{python3_pkgversion}-OWSLib %{common_description}
 
 
 %package doc
 Summary:        Documentation and examples for OWSLib
 
-%description doc
-%{summary}.
+%description doc %{common_description}
+
+This package contains documentation and examples for OWSLib.
 
 
 %prep