diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index b26a7a631..28f4e5129 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ linux-2.6 (2.6.15+2.6.16-rc5-0experimental.1) experimental; urgency=low
     - Probe for IDE disks on SWARM.
     - Test whether there's a scache (fixes Cobalt crash).
     - Add Tulip fixes for Cobalt.
+  * Fix a typo in the description of the linux-doc-* package,
+    thanks Justin Pryzby.  Closes: #343424.
 
  -- Frederik Schüler <fs@debian.org>  Mon, 27 Feb 2006 13:45:07 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/templates/control.main.in b/debian/templates/control.main.in
index 0f41173d4..c347af896 100644
--- a/debian/templates/control.main.in
+++ b/debian/templates/control.main.in
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Provides: linux-doc-@major@
 Description: Linux kernel specific documentation for version @version@
  This package provides the various README files and HTML documentation for
  the Linux kernel version @version@. Plenty of information, including the
- descriptions of varios kernel subsystems, filesystems, driver-specific 
+ descriptions of various kernel subsystems, filesystems, driver-specific
  notes and the like. Consult the file
  .
  /usr/share/doc/linux-doc-@version@/Documentation/00-INDEX