diff --git a/core/modules/simpletest/simpletest.test b/core/modules/simpletest/simpletest.test
index 716b36e..4ea8cc2 100644
--- a/core/modules/simpletest/simpletest.test
+++ b/core/modules/simpletest/simpletest.test
@@ -20,10 +20,9 @@ class SimpleTestFunctionalTest extends DrupalWebTestCase {
   public static function getInfo() {
     return array(
       'name' => 'SimpleTest functionality',
-      'description' => 'Test SimpleTest\'s web interface: check that the intended tests were
-                          run and ensure that test reports display the intended results. Also
-                          test SimpleTest\'s internal browser and API\'s both explicitly and
-                          implicitly.',
+      // @todo Escaped quotes in this description break the class registry
+      //   parser; it seems to cancel processing of this entire file.
+      'description' => "Test SimpleTest's web interface: check that the intended tests were run and ensure that test reports display the intended results. Also test SimpleTest's internal browser and API's both explicitly and simplicitly.",
       'group' => 'SimpleTest'
     );
   }