diff --git a/doc/nano.texi b/doc/nano.texi
index 82814071..9b66545f 100644
--- a/doc/nano.texi
+++ b/doc/nano.texi
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-\input texinfo  @c -*-texinfo-*-
+\input texinfo
+
 @c %**start of header
 @setfilename nano.info
 @settitle nano
@@ -6,6 +7,10 @@
 
 @documentencoding UTF-8
 
+@documentdescription
+The complete manual for the GNU nano text editor.
+@end documentdescription
+
 @smallbook
 @set EDITION 0.6
 @set VERSION 5.9