diff --git a/nixos/modules/config/krb5/default.nix b/nixos/modules/config/krb5/default.nix
index c22e99a0a2f1..87021a27d34f 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/config/krb5/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/config/krb5/default.nix
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ in {
 
   options = {
     krb5 = {
-      enable = mkEnableOption "Whether to enable Kerberos V.";
+      enable = mkEnableOption "building krb5.conf, configuration file for Kerberos V";
 
       kerberos = mkOption {
         type = types.package;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/mail/rspamd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/mail/rspamd.nix
index bba11796a3d3..ff01a5dee53d 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/mail/rspamd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/mail/rspamd.nix
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ in
 
     services.rspamd = {
 
-      enable = mkEnableOption "Whether to run the rspamd daemon.";
+      enable = mkEnableOption "rspamd, the Rapid spam filtering system";
 
       debug = mkOption {
         type = types.bool;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/pptpd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/pptpd.nix
index 56a612b91052..d8b9e8f8341a 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/pptpd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/pptpd.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ with lib;
 {
   options = {
     services.pptpd = {
-      enable = mkEnableOption "Whether pptpd should be run on startup.";
+      enable = mkEnableOption "pptpd, the Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol daemon";
 
       serverIp = mkOption {
         type        = types.string;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/xl2tpd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/xl2tpd.nix
index 46111a76af80..d0a3ed7bb5e0 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/xl2tpd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/xl2tpd.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ with lib;
 {
   options = {
     services.xl2tpd = {
-      enable = mkEnableOption "Whether xl2tpd should be run on startup.";
+      enable = mkEnableOption "xl2tpd, the Layer 2 Tunnelling Protocol Daemon";
 
       serverIp = mkOption {
         type        = types.string;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/xrdp.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/xrdp.nix
index 61f22a366a02..9ed3025e47d4 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/xrdp.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/xrdp.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ in
 
     services.xrdp = {
 
-      enable = mkEnableOption "Whether xrdp should be run on startup.";
+      enable = mkEnableOption "xrdp, the Remote Desktop Protocol server";
 
       package = mkOption {
         type = types.package;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/system/saslauthd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/system/saslauthd.nix
index c8ddca9a0db6..8fcf4fb91fc4 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/system/saslauthd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/system/saslauthd.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ in
 
     services.saslauthd = {
 
-      enable = mkEnableOption "Whether to enable the Cyrus SASL authentication daemon.";
+      enable = mkEnableOption "saslauthd, the Cyrus SASL authentication daemon";
 
       package = mkOption {
         default = pkgs.cyrus_sasl.bin;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/xe-guest-utilities.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/xe-guest-utilities.nix
index d703353858c0..675cf9297371 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/xe-guest-utilities.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/xe-guest-utilities.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ let
 in {
   options = {
     services.xe-guest-utilities = {
-      enable = mkEnableOption "Whether to enable the Xen guest utilities daemon.";
+      enable = mkEnableOption "the Xen guest utilities daemon";
     };
   };
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {