diff --git a/modules/node/node.install b/modules/node/node.install
index 99f4e2ec2086b48f0626e4d9f48980400d3aec21..76c0f15191aa55a4c89896c0c2953b33409ed27d 100644
--- a/modules/node/node.install
+++ b/modules/node/node.install
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ function node_schema() {
         'not null' => TRUE,
         'default' => ''),
       'module' => array(
-        'description' => t('The module that implements this type.'),
+        'description' => t('The base string used to construct callbacks corresponding to this node type.'),
         'type' => 'varchar',
         'length' => 255,
         'not null' => TRUE),