diff --git a/net/iftop/Makefile b/net/iftop/Makefile
index 93318ce09..15c982cda 100644
--- a/net/iftop/Makefile
+++ b/net/iftop/Makefile
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ define Package/iftop
   DESCRIPTION:=iftop does for network usage what top(1) does for CPU usage. It\\\
 listens to network traffic on a named interface and displays a\\\
 table of current bandwidth usage by pairs of hosts. Handy for\\\
-answering the question "why is our ADSL link so slow?".\\\
+answering the question 'why is our ADSL link so slow?'.
   URL:=http://www.ex-parrot.com/~pdw/iftop/
 endef