diff --git a/usr.sbin/sade/menus.c b/usr.sbin/sade/menus.c
index b8aef0f84a09..5e5455b0394e 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/sade/menus.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/sade/menus.c
@@ -999,7 +999,7 @@ DMenu MenuSubDistributions = {
 	dmenuFlagCheck,	dmenuSetFlag, NULL, &Dists, '[', 'X', ']', DIST_PORTS },
       { " local",	"Local additions collection",
 	dmenuFlagCheck,	dmenuSetFlag, NULL, &Dists, '[', 'X', ']', DIST_LOCAL},
-      { " perl",	"Perl",
+      { " perl",	"The Perl distribution",
 	dmenuFlagCheck, dmenuSetFlag, NULL, &Dists, '[', 'X', ']', DIST_PERL },
       { " XFree86",	"The XFree86 distribution",
 #ifdef X_AS_PKG
diff --git a/usr.sbin/sysinstall/menus.c b/usr.sbin/sysinstall/menus.c
index b8aef0f84a09..5e5455b0394e 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/sysinstall/menus.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/sysinstall/menus.c
@@ -999,7 +999,7 @@ DMenu MenuSubDistributions = {
 	dmenuFlagCheck,	dmenuSetFlag, NULL, &Dists, '[', 'X', ']', DIST_PORTS },
       { " local",	"Local additions collection",
 	dmenuFlagCheck,	dmenuSetFlag, NULL, &Dists, '[', 'X', ']', DIST_LOCAL},
-      { " perl",	"Perl",
+      { " perl",	"The Perl distribution",
 	dmenuFlagCheck, dmenuSetFlag, NULL, &Dists, '[', 'X', ']', DIST_PERL },
       { " XFree86",	"The XFree86 distribution",
 #ifdef X_AS_PKG