diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 6820b21..fa908ab 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ override_dh_auto_install:
 	# removing unused files
 	rm -f debian/lziprecover/usr/share/info/dir*
 
-	# alernative handling
+	# alternative handling
 	mv debian/lziprecover/usr/bin/lziprecover debian/lziprecover/usr/bin/lzip.recover
 	mv debian/lziprecover/usr/share/info/lziprecover.info debian/lziprecover/usr/share/info/lzip.recover.info
 	mv debian/lziprecover/usr/share/man/man1/lziprecover.1 debian/lziprecover/usr/share/man/man1/lzip.recover.1