diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/google-cloud-sdk/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/google-cloud-sdk/default.nix
index 03078392264d..8a9a26697773 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/google-cloud-sdk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/google-cloud-sdk/default.nix
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Tools for the google cloud platform";
-    longDescription = "The Google Cloud SDK. This package has the programs: gcloud, gsutil, and bq";
+    longDescription = "The Google Cloud SDK for GCE hosts. Used by `google-cloud-sdk` only on GCE guests.";
     sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [
       fromSource
       binaryNativeCode  # anthoscli and possibly more