diff --git a/apps/mfwd/pom.xml b/apps/mfwd/pom.xml
index 24c763b..2c75aef 100644
--- a/apps/mfwd/pom.xml
+++ b/apps/mfwd/pom.xml
@@ -36,9 +36,7 @@
         <onos.app.title>Multicast Forwarding App</onos.app.title>
         <onos.app.category>default</onos.app.category>
         <onos.app.url>http://onosproject.org</onos.app.url>
-        <onos.app.readme>
-            Multicast forwarding application.
-        </onos.app.readme>
+        <onos.app.readme>Multicast forwarding application.</onos.app.readme>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>