diff --git a/src/Composer/Command/StatusCommand.php b/src/Composer/Command/StatusCommand.php
index 6d836d2bf..6e07ed5d9 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Command/StatusCommand.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Command/StatusCommand.php
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class StatusCommand extends BaseCommand
     {
         $this
             ->setName('status')
-            ->setDescription('Shows a list of locally modified packages, for packages installed from source.')
+            ->setDescription('Shows a list of locally modified packages.')
             ->setDefinition(array(
                 new InputOption('verbose', 'v|vv|vvv', InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Show modified files for each directory that contains changes.'),
             ))