diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 951c9b9a..8580e955 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,10 +4,7 @@ version = "1.0.42" # remember to update html_root_url
 authors = ["David Tolnay <dtolnay@gmail.com>", "Alex Crichton <alex@alexcrichton.com>"]
 autobenches = false
 categories = ["development-tools::procedural-macro-helpers"]
-description = """
-A substitute implementation of the compiler's `proc_macro` API to decouple
-token-based libraries from the procedural macro use case.
-"""
+description = "A substitute implementation of the compiler's `proc_macro` API to decouple token-based libraries from the procedural macro use case."
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/proc-macro2"
 edition = "2018"
 keywords = ["macros"]