1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/sbolint b/sbolint
index d95b3bd..26c45c5 100755
--- a/sbolint
+++ b/sbolint
@@ -880,6 +880,8 @@ sub check_slackdesc {
 				log_error("slack-desc:$lineno: trailing whitespace after colon, on otherwise-blank line");
 			} elsif(length($text) && $text !~ /^ /) {
 				log_error("slack-desc:$lineno: missing whitespace after colon, on non-blank line");
+			} elsif(/\(short description of app\)/) {
+				log_error("slack-desc:$lineno: bad description: literally 'short description of app'");
 			} else {
 				# The world is not ready for this:
 				###if($text =~ /\s$/) {