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diff --git a/gnu/packages/dns.scm b/gnu/packages/dns.scm
index 5e65eed7ed..800d2dca34 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/dns.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/dns.scm
@@ -375,15 +375,18 @@ and BOOTP/TFTP for network booting of diskless machines.")
(with-directory-excursion "fuzz"
(invoke "make" "check"))
#t)))))
- (synopsis "Domain Name System (DNS) implementation")
- (description "BIND is an implementation of the @dfn{Domain Name System}
-(DNS) protocols for the Internet. It is a reference implementation of those
-protocols, but it is also production-grade software, suitable for use in
-high-volume and high-reliability applications. The name BIND stands for
-\"Berkeley Internet Name Domain\", because the software originated in the
-early 1980s at the University of California at Berkeley. The @code{utils}
-output of this package contains the following DNS name servers related command
-line utilities:
+ (synopsis "@acronym{DNS, Domain Name System} implementation")
+ (description "BIND implements the @acronym{DNS, Domain Name System}
+protocols for the Internet. It is both a reference implementation of those
+protocols and production-grade software, suitable for use in high-volume and
+high-reliability applications.
+
+The name stands for \"Berkeley Internet Name Domain\" because the software
+originated in the early 1980s at the University of California at Berkeley.
+
+The @code{utils} output of this package contains the following command line
+utilities related to DNS name servers:
+
@table @code
@item delv
DNS lookup and validation utility