diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 135c0072c..f6f89e596 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.
@@ -24,14 +24,13 @@ 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.
 
 Package: libgit2-dbg
 Section: debug
-Priority: extra
 Architecture: any
 Depends: libgit2-0 (= ${binary:Version}),
          ${misc:Depends}