--- TagsCheck.py
+++ TagsCheck.py
@@ -594,6 +594,9 @@ class TagsCheck(AbstractCheck.AbstractCheck):
             if use_utf8 and not Pkg.is_utf8_str(description):
                 printError(pkg, 'tag-not-utf8', '%description')
 
+        if len(description.partition('Authors:')[0])-4 <= len(summary):
+            printWarning(pkg, 'description-shorter-than-summary')
+
         group=pkg[rpm.RPMTAG_GROUP]
         if not group:
             printError(pkg, 'no-group-tag')
@@ -769,6 +772,10 @@ Name tag.''',
 '''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.''',