diff --git a/pkg/golinters/govet.go b/pkg/golinters/govet.go
index a0d33835..e2c7d2df 100644
--- a/pkg/golinters/govet.go
+++ b/pkg/golinters/govet.go
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ func NewGovet(settings *config.GovetSettings) *goanalysis.Linter {
 
 	return goanalysis.NewLinter(
 		"govet",
-		"Vet examines Go source code and reports suspicious constructs, "+
-			"such as Printf calls whose arguments do not align with the format string",
+		"Vet examines Go source code and reports suspicious constructs. "+
+			"It is roughly the same as 'go vet' and uses its passes.",
 		analyzersFromConfig(settings),
 		conf,
 	).WithLoadMode(goanalysis.LoadModeTypesInfo)