diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index a4c2433..0794db9 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ override_dh_auto_install:
 	# removing unused files
 	rm -f debian/plzip/usr/share/info/dir*
 
-	# alernative handling
+	# alternative handling
 	mv debian/plzip/usr/bin/plzip debian/plzip/usr/bin/lzip.parallel
 	mv debian/plzip/usr/share/info/plzip.info debian/plzip/usr/share/info/lzip.parallel.info
 	mv debian/plzip/usr/share/man/man1/plzip.1 debian/plzip/usr/share/man/man1/lzip.parallel.1