diff --git a/.checkpatch.conf b/.checkpatch.conf
index d1d32fac9db5314562db5ecd60ae907a5386ba79..95f19635d35a38fba1538d42a7ab138f7fcf0ff3 100644
--- a/.checkpatch.conf
+++ b/.checkpatch.conf
@@ -25,3 +25,6 @@
 # Ignore "WARNING: Prefer ether_addr_copy() over memcpy() if the Ethernet
 # addresses are __aligned(2)".
 --ignore PREFER_ETHER_ADDR_COPY
+
+# A bit shorter of a description is OK with us.
+--min-conf-desc-length=2