diff --git a/loopy/target/c/c_execution.py b/loopy/target/c/c_execution.py
index a3e14f3c3c5f59b03a01eae56c0251d59b2b89ad..582d8665cb8a9df25d782a81a366e515be3d00cd 100644
--- a/loopy/target/c/c_execution.py
+++ b/loopy/target/c/c_execution.py
@@ -230,8 +230,7 @@ class CCompiler(object):
 
 
 class CppCompiler(CCompiler):
-    """Subclass of Compiler to invoke a C++ compiler.
-       Defaults to g++"""
+    """Subclass of CCompiler to invoke a C++ compiler."""
     source_suffix = 'cpp'
     default_exe = 'g++'
     default_compile_flags = '-g -O3'.split()