diff --git a/dateutils.changes b/dateutils.changes
index 0c3cfab..1d83d2c 100644
--- a/dateutils.changes
+++ b/dateutils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Aug 25 18:31:39 UTC 2018 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Ensure neutrality of descriptions.
+- Trim idempotent %if..%endif guards.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Aug 14 10:42:17 UTC 2018 - mvetter@suse.com
 
diff --git a/dateutils.spec b/dateutils.spec
index 71fdd6a..1e0480b 100644
--- a/dateutils.spec
+++ b/dateutils.spec
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 Name:           dateutils
 Version:        0.4.4
 Release:        0
-Summary:        Nifty command line date and time utilities
+Summary:        Command line date and time utilities
 License:        BSD-3-Clause
 Group:          Productivity/Text/Utilities
 Url:            https://github.com/hroptatyr/dateutils/
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ market is shell scripts that need date calculations or calendar
 conversions, and as such they are highly pipe-able and modeled after
 their well-known cousins (e.g. dtest vs. test, or dgrep vs. grep).
 
-%if %{have_octave}
 %package octave
 Summary:        Dateutils functions for matlab and octave
 Group:          Development/Libraries/Other
@@ -70,7 +69,6 @@ Requires:       octave
 
 %description octave
 Dateutils can be used from within matlab or ocatave.
-%endif
 
 %prep
 %setup -q