diff --git a/python-cftime.spec b/python-cftime.spec
index 718ea2f..de037e3 100644
--- a/python-cftime.spec
+++ b/python-cftime.spec
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ Requires:       python-numpy
 %python_subpackages
 
 %description
+Time-handling functionality from netcdf4-python
+
+Was split out from netcfd4-python in 2016.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n cftime-%{version}