diff --git a/lib/ts_bm.c b/lib/ts_bm.c
index e5f30f9177df..eed5967238c5 100644
--- a/lib/ts_bm.c
+++ b/lib/ts_bm.c
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ static void __exit exit_bm(void)
 	textsearch_unregister(&bm_ops);
 }
 
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Boyer-Moore text search implementation");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 
 module_init(init_bm);
diff --git a/lib/ts_fsm.c b/lib/ts_fsm.c
index 64fd9015ad80..053615f4fcd7 100644
--- a/lib/ts_fsm.c
+++ b/lib/ts_fsm.c
@@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ static void __exit exit_fsm(void)
 	textsearch_unregister(&fsm_ops);
 }
 
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("naive finite state machine text search");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 
 module_init(init_fsm);
diff --git a/lib/ts_kmp.c b/lib/ts_kmp.c
index c77a3d537f24..5520dc28255a 100644
--- a/lib/ts_kmp.c
+++ b/lib/ts_kmp.c
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ static void __exit exit_kmp(void)
 	textsearch_unregister(&kmp_ops);
 }
 
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Knuth-Morris-Pratt text search implementation");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 
 module_init(init_kmp);