diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/json-c/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/json-c/default.nix
index fa53cb2ddd4d..7953b04183a9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/json-c/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/json-c/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl}:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "json-c-0.9";
@@ -6,9 +6,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     url = "http://oss.metaparadigm.com/json-c/json-c-0.9.tar.gz";
     sha256 = "0xcl8cwzm860f8m0cdzyw6slwcddni4mraw4shvr3qgqkdn4hakh";
   };
-  meta = {
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = "http://oss.metaparadigm.com/json-c/";
     description = "A JSON implementation in C";
-    longDescription = "JSON-C implements a reference counting object model that allows you to easily construct JSON objects in C, output them as JSON formatted strings and parse JSON formatted strings back into the C representation of JSON objects.";
+    longDescription = ''
+      JSON-C implements a reference counting object model that allows you to
+      easily construct JSON objects in C, output them as JSON formatted strings
+      and parse JSON formatted strings back into the C representation of JSON
+      objects.
+    '';
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
 }