diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index e7bfa42..535a604 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 ubuntu-dev-tools (0.76) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
-  * 
+  [ Andreas Moog ]
+  * update-maintainer:
+    - Don't silently fail when Maintainer-Field contains a comment
+      in brackets. (LP: #397144)
 
- -- Michael Bienia <geser@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:54:24 +0200
+ -- Andreas Moog <amoog@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:23:24 +0200
 
 ubuntu-dev-tools (0.75) karmic; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/update-maintainer b/update-maintainer
index 50e996e..629dab4 100755
--- a/update-maintainer
+++ b/update-maintainer
@@ -95,5 +95,5 @@ print "Resetting as: " + target_maintainer
 
 # Replace text.
 debian_control_file = open(control_file, "w")
-debian_control_file.write(re.sub(original_maintainer, final_addition, file_contents))
+debian_control_file.write(re.sub(re.escape(original_maintainer), final_addition, file_contents))
 debian_control_file.close()