diff --git a/drivers/net/plip/plip.c b/drivers/net/plip/plip.c
index 40ce8abe6999..cc7d1113ece0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/plip/plip.c
+++ b/drivers/net/plip/plip.c
@@ -1437,4 +1437,5 @@ static int __init plip_init (void)
 
 module_init(plip_init);
 module_exit(plip_cleanup_module);
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("PLIP (parallel port) network module");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");