diff --git a/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml b/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
index 9e835d5..96c9fa9 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
     types: [python]
 -   id: end-of-file-fixer
     name: fix end of files
-    description: ensures that a file is either empty, or ends with one newline.
+    description: ensures that a file is either empty, or ends with one (and only one) newline.
     entry: end-of-file-fixer
     language: python
     types: [text]