diff --git a/development/vala/slack-desc b/development/vala/slack-desc
index 5c5f847e06..77e7b20230 100644
--- a/development/vala/slack-desc
+++ b/development/vala/slack-desc
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
 
     |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
-vala: Vala (Compiler for the GObject type system)
+vala: vala (Compiler for the GObject type system)
 vala:
 vala: Vala is a new programming language that aims to bring modern
 vala: programming language features to GNOME developers without imposing