diff --git a/lib/zlib_deflate/deflate_syms.c b/lib/zlib_deflate/deflate_syms.c
index 24b740b99678..68941a2350ea 100644
--- a/lib/zlib_deflate/deflate_syms.c
+++ b/lib/zlib_deflate/deflate_syms.c
@@ -17,4 +17,5 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(zlib_deflate);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(zlib_deflateInit2);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(zlib_deflateEnd);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(zlib_deflateReset);
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Data compression using the deflation algorithm");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");