diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/user/useradd.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/user/useradd.rb
index 9ecaad87d..e64601ee0 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/user/useradd.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/user/useradd.rb
@@ -1,61 +1,61 @@
 require 'puppet/provider/nameservice/objectadd'
 
 Puppet::Type.type(:user).provide :useradd, :parent => Puppet::Provider::NameService::ObjectAdd do
-    desc "User management via ``useradd`` and its ilk.  Note that you'll have to install the ``Shadow Password`` library to manage user passwords."
+    desc "User management via ``useradd`` and its ilk.  Note that you will need to install the ``Shadow Password`` Ruby library often known as ruby-libshadow to manage user passwords."
 
     commands :add => "useradd", :delete => "userdel", :modify => "usermod"
 
     options :home, :flag => "-d", :method => :dir
     options :comment, :method => :gecos
     options :groups, :flag => "-G"
 
     verify :gid, "GID must be an integer" do |value|
         value.is_a? Integer
     end
 
     verify :groups, "Groups must be comma-separated" do |value|
         value !~ /\s/
     end
 
     has_features :manages_homedir, :allows_duplicates
 
     if Puppet.features.libshadow?
         has_feature :manages_passwords
     end
 
     def addcmd
         cmd = [command(:add)]
         @resource.class.validproperties.each do |property|
             next if property == :ensure
             # the value needs to be quoted, mostly because -c might
             # have spaces in it
             if value = @resource.should(property) and value != ""
                 cmd << flag(property) << value
             end
         end
 
         if @resource.allowdupe?
             cmd << "-o"
         end
 
         if @resource.managehome?
             cmd << "-m"
         elsif %w{Fedora RedHat}.include?(Facter.value("operatingsystem"))
             cmd << "-M"
         end
 
         cmd << @resource[:name]
 
         cmd
     end
 
     # Retrieve the password using the Shadow Password library
     def password
         if ent = Shadow::Passwd.getspnam(@resource.name)
             return ent.sp_pwdp
         else
             return :absent
         end
     end
 end