1 files changed, 22 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/octave/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/octave/package.py
index 8aa0f87ece..4d9122b9d4 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/octave/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/octave/package.py
@@ -52,28 +52,28 @@ class Octave(AutotoolsPackage, GNUMirrorPackage):
     patch("patch_4.2.1_inline.diff", when="@4.2.1")
 
     # Variants
-    variant("readline", default=True)
-    variant("bz2", default=True)
-    variant("arpack", default=False)
-    variant("curl", default=False)
-    variant("fftw", default=False)
-    variant("fltk", default=False)
-    variant("fontconfig", default=False)
-    variant("freetype", default=False)
-    variant("glpk", default=False)
-    variant("gl2ps", default=False)
-    variant("gnuplot", default=False)
-    variant("magick", default=False)
-    variant("hdf5", default=False)
-    variant("jdk", default=False)
-    variant("llvm", default=False)
-    variant("opengl", default=False)
-    variant("qhull", default=False)
-    variant("qrupdate", default=False)
-    variant("qscintilla", default=False)
-    variant("qt", default=False)
-    variant("suitesparse", default=False)
-    variant("zlib", default=False)
+    variant("readline", default=True, description="Use readline")
+    variant("bz2", default=True, description="Use bzip2")
+    variant("arpack", default=False, description="Use arpack")
+    variant("curl", default=False, description="Use curl")
+    variant("fftw", default=False, description="Use FFTW3")
+    variant("fltk", default=False, description="Use FLTK")
+    variant("fontconfig", default=False, description="Use fontconfig")
+    variant("freetype", default=False, description="Use freetype")
+    variant("glpk", default=False, description="Use GLPK")
+    variant("gl2ps", default=False, description="Use GL2PS")
+    variant("gnuplot", default=False, description="Use gnuplot")
+    variant("magick", default=False, description="Use magick")
+    variant("hdf5", default=False, description="Use HDF5")
+    variant("jdk", default=False, description="Use JDK")
+    variant("llvm", default=False, description="Use LLVM")
+    variant("opengl", default=False, description="Use OpenGL")
+    variant("qhull", default=False, description="Use qhull")
+    variant("qrupdate", default=False, description="Use qrupdate")
+    variant("qscintilla", default=False, description="Use QScintill")
+    variant("qt", default=False, description="Use Qt")
+    variant("suitesparse", default=False, description="Use SuiteSparse")
+    variant("zlib", default=False, description="Use zlib")
 
     # Required dependencies
     depends_on("blas")