diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/register.py b/Lib/distutils/command/register.py
index 29b76cbfd97e..e4a379939b87 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/register.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/register.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 class register(Command):
 
-    description = "register the distribution with the repository"
+    description = ("register the distribution with the Python package index")
 
     DEFAULT_REPOSITORY = 'http://www.python.org/pypi'