diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 9c080d0..0a103da 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 ubuntu-dev-tools (0.73) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
+  [ Siegfried-Angel Gevatter Pujals ]
   * pbuilder-dist:
-     - Fallback to calling lsb_release if /etc/lsb-release doesn't
+    - Fallback to calling lsb_release if /etc/lsb-release doesn't
        exist; this makes it possible to run pbuilder-dist on Debian.
+  [ Nathan Handler ]
+  * pull-debian-source:
+    - Use Getopt::Long
 
- -- Siegfried-Angel Gevatter Pujals <rainct@ubuntu.com>  Sat, 18 Apr 2009 23:37:55 +0200
+ -- Nathan Handler <nhandler@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:32:13 +0000
 
 ubuntu-dev-tools (0.72) jaunty; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/pull-debian-source b/pull-debian-source
index ee8d1cc..b719ad7 100755
--- a/pull-debian-source
+++ b/pull-debian-source
@@ -21,11 +21,14 @@ use warnings;
 use strict;
 use LWP::Simple;
 use File::Basename;
+use Getopt::Long;
 
 die("Please install 'devscripts'\n") if(! grep -x "$_/dget", split(':',$ENV{'PATH'}));
 
 my($package)=$ARGV[0] || &usage();
-&usage() if(($package=~m/^\-\-help/i) || ($package=~m/^\-h/i));
+my($help)=0;
+GetOptions('help' => \$help);
+&usage() if($help);
 my($release)=$ARGV[1] || 'unstable';
 $release=&convertCodeName($release);
 &checkRelease($release);