diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index e0e4d5d..f643840 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 override_dh_auto_install:
 	dh_auto_install -- DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/pdlzip
 
-	# alernative handling
+	# alternative handling
 	mv debian/pdlzip/usr/bin/pdlzip debian/pdlzip/usr/bin/lzip.public-domain
 	mv debian/pdlzip/usr/share/man/man1/pdlzip.1 debian/pdlzip/usr/share/man/man1/lzip.public-domain.1