--- TagsCheck.py
+++ TagsCheck.py
@@ -616,6 +616,9 @@
         if not pkg[rpm.RPMTAG_DESCRIPTION]:
             printError(pkg, 'no-description-tag')
         else:
+            if len(pkg[rpm.RPMTAG_DESCRIPTION].partition('Authors:')[0])-4 < len(pkg[rpm.RPMTAG_SUMMARY]):
+                printWarning(pkg, 'description-shorter-than-summary')
+
             for lang in pkg[rpm.RPMTAG_HEADERI18NTABLE]:
                 self.check_description(pkg, lang)
             res = AbstractCheck.macro_regex.search(pkg[rpm.RPMTAG_DESCRIPTION])
@@ -881,6 +884,10 @@
 '''The major number of the library isn't included in the package's name.
 ''',
 
+'description-shorter-than-summary',
+'''The package description is shorter than the summary. be a bit more
+verbose, please.''',
+
 'no-provides',
 '''Your library package doesn't provide the -devel name without the major version
 included.''',