diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 1981c8c7b..2c844919a 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ cmake (2.8.3-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * Adapt FindPython_fix_#569321_and_#580503.diff patch to upstream changes.
   * Bump libarchive-dev Build-Depends to 2.8.0. cmake needs symbols which
     appeared in that version. (Closes: #595275)
+  * Add fixup_manpages.diff patch to fix small issues with cmake mangpages
+    (found by lintian).
 
  -- Modestas Vainius <modax@debian.org>  Sat, 13 Nov 2010 01:07:46 +0200
 
diff --git a/debian/patches/fixup_manpages.diff b/debian/patches/fixup_manpages.diff
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c6ff5a1e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/fixup_manpages.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+From: Modestas Vainius <modax@debian.org>
+Subject: fix a couple of small issues with cmake manpages
+Origin: vendor
+Forwarded: no
+Last-Update: 2010-11-13
+
+W: cmake: manpage-has-errors-from-man usr/share/man/man1/cmake.1.gz 10029: warning [p 158, 13.5i]: can't break line
+I: cmake: spelling-error-in-manpage usr/share/man/man1/cmake.1.gz informations information
+I: cmake: spelling-error-in-manpage usr/share/man/man1/cmake.1.gz dependant dependent
+--- a/Modules/FindPostgreSQL.cmake
++++ b/Modules/FindPostgreSQL.cmake
+@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
+-# Find the PostgreSQL installation.
+-#
+-# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
++# - Find the PostgreSQL installation.
+ # Usage:
+ # In your CMakeLists.txt file do something like this:
+ # ...
+--- a/Modules/CPackDeb.cmake
++++ b/Modules/CPackDeb.cmake
+@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
+ # CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEBUG
+ #     Mandatory : NO
+ #     Default   : -
+-#     May be set when invoking cpack in order to trace debug informations
++#     May be set when invoking cpack in order to trace debug information
+ #     during CPackDeb run.
+ # CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_PREDEPENDS
+ #     Mandatory : NO
+--- a/Modules/UsewxWidgets.cmake
++++ b/Modules/UsewxWidgets.cmake
+@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
+ #  # Note that for MinGW users the order of libs is important!
+ #  FIND_PACKAGE(wxWidgets REQUIRED net gl core base)
+ #  INCLUDE(${wxWidgets_USE_FILE})
+-#  # and for each of your dependant executable/library targets:
++#  # and for each of your dependent executable/library targets:
+ #  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(<YourTarget> ${wxWidgets_LIBRARIES})
+ #
+ # DEPRECATED
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 65ed17c85..086169b1c 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 FindPython_fix_#569321_and_#580503.diff
+fixup_manpages.diff