diff --git a/debian/templates/control.headers.arch.in b/debian/templates/control.headers.arch.in
index 5326e8b93..584542a40 100644
--- a/debian/templates/control.headers.arch.in
+++ b/debian/templates/control.headers.arch.in
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Architecture: @arch@
 Section: devel
 Priority: optional
 Depends: @allheaders@
-Description: Virtual package that depends on all @version@ kernel headers for @arch@
+Description: Dummy package that depends on all @version@ kernel headers for @arch@
  This package provides common kernel header files for version @version@ on
  @arch@, used to build out-of-tree kernel modules and the like.  It is mainly
  useful for module packages that want to build a module for all flavors of