diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/binutils-cross-canadian.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/binutils-cross-canadian.inc
index 81349c083c..52c573e190 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/binutils-cross-canadian.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/binutils-cross-canadian.inc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 inherit cross-canadian
 
-DESCRIPTION = "A GNU collection of cross-canadian binary utilities for ${TARGET_ARCH} target"
+SUMMARY = "GNU binary utilities (cross-canadian for ${TARGET_ARCH} target)"
 PN = "binutils-cross-canadian-${TRANSLATED_TARGET_ARCH}"
 BPN = "binutils"
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/binutils.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/binutils.inc
index cf13c4f1af..1259342f7f 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/binutils.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/binutils.inc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SUMMARY = "A GNU collection of binary utilities"
+SUMMARY = "GNU binary utilities"
 DESCRIPTION = "The GNU Binutils are a collection of binary tools. \
 The main ones are ld (GNU Linker), and as (GNU Assembler). This \
 package also includes addition tools such as addr2line (Converts \