diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 5d3303a15334..e19d881d1e37 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -11014,8 +11014,10 @@ let
     };
     propagatedBuildInputs = [ commonsense ];
 
-    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-      platforms = platforms.linux;
+    meta = {
+      description = "Scalable directory/file change notification for Perl on Linux";
+      license = with stdenv.lib.licenses; [ artistic1 gpl1Plus ];
+      platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
     };
   };