diff --git a/master_changes.md b/master_changes.md
index 146090506c6..8ec1a619bb6 100644
--- a/master_changes.md
+++ b/master_changes.md
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ users)
   * [NEW] Add `--no-switch` option [#4850 @rjbou - fix #4858]
 
 ## Lint
+  * W47: remove the mention of the opam 1.2 descr file in the warning message [#5069 @rjbou - fix #4989]
   * W68: add warning for missing license field [#4766 @kit-ty-kate - partial fix #4598]
   * W62: use the spdx_licenses library to check for valid licenses. This allows to use compound expressions such as "MIT AND (GPL-2.0-only OR LGPL-2.0-only)", as well as user defined licenses e.g. "LicenseRef-my-custom-license" [#4768 @kit-ty-kate - fixes #4598]
   * E57 (capital on synopsis) not trigger W47 (empty descr) [#5070 @rjbou]
diff --git a/src/state/opamFileTools.ml b/src/state/opamFileTools.ml
index 4fe8a17fc91..ac996097139 100644
--- a/src/state/opamFileTools.ml
+++ b/src/state/opamFileTools.ml
@@ -524,8 +524,7 @@ let t_lint ?check_extra_files ?(check_upstream=false) ?(all=false) t =
        (t.install <> [] || t.remove <> [] || t.url <> None ||
         t.extra_sources <> []));
     cond 47 `Warning
-      "Synopsis (or description first line) should start with a capital and \
-       not end with a dot"
+      "Synopsis should start with a capital and not end with a dot"
       (let valid_re =
          Re.(compile (seq [bos; diff any (alt [blank; lower]); rep any;
                            diff any (alt [blank; char '.']); eos]))
diff --git a/tests/reftests/lint.test b/tests/reftests/lint.test
index 2403ad7625a..be3f3dbf537 100644
--- a/tests/reftests/lint.test
+++ b/tests/reftests/lint.test
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ dev-repo: "hg+https://to@li.nt"
 bug-reports: "https://nobug"
 ### opam lint ./lint.opam
 ${BASEDIR}/lint.opam: Warnings.
-           warning 47: Synopsis (or description first line) should start with a capital and not end with a dot
+           warning 47: Synopsis should start with a capital and not end with a dot
 ### <lint.opam>
 opam-version: "2.0"
 synopsis: ""