diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index f6f89e596..55cdc0a6c 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Package: libgit2-dev
 Architecture: any
 Section: libdevel
 Depends: ${misc:Depends},
-Description: libgit2 is an implementation of the Git DVCS.
+Description: libgit2 is an implementation of the Git DVCS
  libgit2 is a portable, pure C implementation of the Git
  distributed version control system core methods provided as a
  re-entrant link-able library with a solid API.
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Package: libgit2-0
 Section: libs
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
-Description: libgit2 is an implementation of the Git DVCS.
+Description: libgit2 is an implementation of the Git DVCS
  libgit2 is a portable, pure C implementation of the Git
  distributed version control system core methods provided as a
  re-entrant link-able library with a solid API.
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Section: debug
 Architecture: any
 Depends: libgit2-0 (= ${binary:Version}),
          ${misc:Depends}
-Description: libgit2 library and debugging symbols.
+Description: libgit2 library and debugging symbols
  libgit2 is a portable, pure C implementation of the Git
  distributed version control system core methods provided as a
  re-entrant link-able library with a solid API.