diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index d77f3d4d..723b7fe7 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ Standards-Version: 3.6.1.0
 Package: livecd-rootfs
 Architecture: any
 Depends: sudo, debootstrap, rsync, cloop-utils, python-minimal|python
-Description: Construction script for the livecd rootfs
+Description: construction script for the livecd rootfs
  livecd-rootfs provides the script used to create the root filesystem
  on the livecd.