diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index c5e7c73..1e0bf5e 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@ Section: libs
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends},
          ${misc:Depends}
-Description: A Modbus library written in C, to send/receive data with a
- device which respects the Modbus protocol. This library can use a
- serial port or an Ethernet connection.
+Description: library for the Modbus protocol
+ A Modbus library written in C, to send/receive data with a device which
+ respects the Modbus protocol. This library can use a serial port or an
+ Ethernet connection.
  .
  This package contains the shared library.
 
@@ -27,9 +28,10 @@ Architecture: any
 Depends: libmodbus (= ${binary:Version}),
          ${shlibs:Depends},
          ${misc:Depends}
-Description: A Modbus library written in C, to send/receive data with a
- device which respects the Modbus protocol. This library can use a
- serial port or an Ethernet connection.
+Description: library for the Modbus protocol
+ A Modbus library written in C, to send/receive data with a device which
+ respects the Modbus protocol. This library can use a serial port or an
+ Ethernet connection.
  .
  This package contains the development files.
 
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
index bfc097a..7ced70a 100644
--- a/debian/copyright
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ This package was debianized by Stéphane Raimbault
 
 It was downloaded from <http://libmodbus.org>
 
-Upstream Author(s):
+Upstream Author:
 
     Stéphane Raimbault <stephane.raimbault@gmail.com>