diff --git a/python-kiwisolver.spec b/python-kiwisolver.spec
index 2af7948..325c338 100644
--- a/python-kiwisolver.spec
+++ b/python-kiwisolver.spec
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ License:        BSD-3-Clause AND HPND-sell-variant
 URL:            https://github.com/nucleic/kiwi
 Source0:        %{pypi_source %{srcname}}
 
-%global _description \
-Kiwi is an efficient C++ implementation of the Cassowary constraint solving \
-algorithm. Kiwi is an implementation of the algorithm based on the seminal \
-Cassowary paper. It is *not* a refactoring of the original C++ solver. Kiwi has \
-been designed from the ground up to be lightweight and fast.
+%global _description %{expand:
+Kiwi is an efficient C++ implementation of the Cassowary constraint solving
+algorithm. Kiwi is an implementation of the algorithm based on the seminal
+Cassowary paper. It is *not* a refactoring of the original C++ solver. Kiwi has
+been designed from the ground up to be lightweight and fast.}
 
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  python3-devel