diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 5e8cd8f..c906a54 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -9,22 +9,29 @@ Homepage: http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/clzip.html
 Package: clzip
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}
-Description: data compressor based on the LZMA algorithm (C version)
+Description: C, lossless data compressor based on the LZMA algorithm
  Lzip is a lossless data compressor based on the LZMA algorithm, with very safe
  integrity checking and a user interface similar to the one of gzip or bzip2.
- .
  Lzip decompresses almost as fast as gzip and compresses better than bzip2,
  which makes it well suited for software distribution and data archiving.
  .
- This package contains a pure C implementation.
+ Clzip is a C language version of lzip using the lzip file format; the files
+ produced by clzip are fully compatible with lzip.
+ .
+ Clzip is intended for embedded devices or systems lacking a C++ compiler.
 
 Package: clzip-dbg
 Section: debug
 Priority: extra
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}, clzip (= ${binary:Version})
-Description: data compressor based on the LZMA algorithm (C version; debug)
+Description: C, lossless data compressor based on the LZMA algorithm (debug)
  Lzip is a lossless data compressor based on the LZMA algorithm, with very safe
  integrity checking and a user interface similar to the one of gzip or bzip2.
+ Lzip decompresses almost as fast as gzip and compresses better than bzip2,
+ which makes it well suited for software distribution and data archiving.
  .
- This package contains the debugging symbols of the pure C implementation.
+ Clzip is a C language version of lzip using the lzip file format; the files
+ produced by clzip are fully compatible with lzip.
+ .
+ This package contains the debugging symbols.