diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 815d30b8a..bd2c2b61b 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -62,6 +62,6 @@ openbsc (0.9.13.115.eb113-1) natty; urgency=low
 
 openbsc (0.9.4-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
-  * Initial release (Closes: #nnnn)  <nnnn is the bug number of your ITP>
+  * Initial release
 
  -- Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>  Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:34:24 +0200
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 757645560..a44187d52 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -12,36 +12,43 @@ Package: osmocom-bsc
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, libosmocore, libosmo-sccp
 Description: GSM Base Station Controller; BSC-only version of OpenBSC.  Needs a real MSC!
+ Classical BSC which requires MSC to operate.
 
 Package: osmocom-nitb
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, libosmocore, libdbd-sqlite3, libdbi1
 Description: GSM Network-in-a-Box, implements BSC, MSC, SMSC, HLR, VLR
+ All the GSM network components bundled together.
 
 Package: osmocom-ipaccess-utils
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, libosmocore
 Description: Command line utilities for ip.access nanoBTS
+ Utilities specific for ip.access unit.
 
 Package: osmocom-bs11-utils
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, libosmocore
 Description: Command line utilities for Siemens BS-11 BTS
+ Utilities specific for BS-11 unit.
 
 Package: osmocom-sgsn
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, libosmocore, libgtp
 Description: Osmocom Serving GPRS Support Node
+ SGSN implementation.
 
 Package: osmocom-gbproxy
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, libosmocore
 Description: Osmocom GPRS Gb Interface Proxy
+ Proxy for Gb interface.
 
 Package: osmocom-bsc-nat
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, libosmocore
 Description: Osmocom Base Station Controller Network Address Translation
+ Network address translation for BSC.
 
 Package: osmocom-bsc-dbg
 Architecture: any
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
index 09693c94d..fbac90ccd 100644
--- a/debian/copyright
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ It was downloaded from:
 
     git://bs11-abis.gnumonks.org/openbsc.git
 
-Upstream Author(s):
+Upstream Authors:
 
     Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
     Dieter Spaar <spaar@mirider.augusta.de>
@@ -45,6 +45,3 @@ The Debian packaging is:
 
 and is licensed under the GPL version 3,
 see "/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3".
-
-# Please also look if there are files or directories which have a
-# different copyright/license attached and list them here.