diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 3c5ba8b..fdbd345 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ override_dh_auto_install:
 	# removing unused files
 	rm -f debian/clzip/usr/share/info/dir*
 
-	# alernative handling
+	# alternative handling
 	mv debian/clzip/usr/bin/clzip debian/clzip/usr/bin/lzip.c
 	mv debian/clzip/usr/share/info/clzip.info debian/clzip/usr/share/info/lzip.c.info
 	mv debian/clzip/usr/share/man/man1/clzip.1 debian/clzip/usr/share/man/man1/lzip.c.1