diff --git a/app-admin/phpsyslogng/metadata.xml b/app-admin/phpsyslogng/metadata.xml
index 24ea077674e98..98b18bd1454c0 100644
--- a/app-admin/phpsyslogng/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-admin/phpsyslogng/metadata.xml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 	<maintainer type="person">
 		<email>matthias@dsx.at</email>
 		<name>Matthias Schöffmann</name>
+		<description>Proxied maintainer; set to assignee in all bugs</description>
 	</maintainer>
 	<maintainer type="project">
 		<email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>