diff --git a/testing/etcd/APKBUILD b/testing/etcd/APKBUILD
index 0712ed229c1..8836950c353 100644
--- a/testing/etcd/APKBUILD
+++ b/testing/etcd/APKBUILD
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ package() {
 }
 
 ctl() {
-	pkgname="A command-line client for etcd"
+	pkgdesc="A command-line client for etcd"
 	install -Dm755 "$builddir"/bin/etcdctl "$subpkgdir"/usr/bin/etcdctl
 }