diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index e066a292..3fad9c0d 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ Section: libs
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
 Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends}
 Multi-Arch: same
-Description: Modular and reusable compiler and toolchain technologies, runtime library
+Description: Modular compiler and toolchain technologies, runtime library
  LLVM is a collection of libraries and tools that make it easy to build
  compilers, optimizers, Just-In-Time code generators, and many other
  compiler-related programs.
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ Priority: extra
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, libllvm3.3
 Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends}
 Multi-Arch: same
-Description: Modular and reusable compiler and toolchain technologies, debugging symbols library
+Description: Modular compiler and toolchain technologies, debugging libraries
  LLVM is a collection of libraries and tools that make it easy to build
  compilers, optimizers, Just-In-Time code generators, and many other
  compiler-related programs.
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ Depends: llvm-3.3-runtime (= ${binary:Version}), ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depen
 Recommends: llvm-3.3-dev
 Conflicts: llvm (<< 2.7-1)
 Replaces: llvm (<< 2.7-1)
-Description: Modular and reusable compiler and toolchain technologies
+Description: Modular compiler and toolchain technologies
  LLVM is a collection of libraries and tools that make it easy to build
  compilers, optimizers, Just-In-Time code generators, and many other
  compiler-related programs.
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ Architecture: any
 Depends: binfmt-support, ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
 Conflicts: llvm (<< 2.7-1)
 Replaces: llvm (<< 2.7-1)
-Description: Modular and reusable compiler and toolchain technologies, IR interpreter
+Description: Modular compiler and toolchain technologies, IR interpreter
  LLVM is a collection of libraries and tools that make it easy to build
  compilers, optimizers, Just-In-Time code generators, and many other
  compiler-related programs.
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ Package: llvm-3.3-dev
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, libffi-dev (>= 3.0.9), ${misc:Depends}, llvm-3.3 (= ${binary:Version})
 Replaces: llvm (<< 2.2-3)
-Description: Modular and reusable compiler and toolchain technologies, libraries and headers
+Description: Modular compiler and toolchain technologies, libraries and headers
  LLVM is a collection of libraries and tools that make it easy to build
  compilers, optimizers, Just-In-Time code generators, and many other
  compiler-related programs.
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, ${ocaml:Depends}, llvm-3.3-dev (= $
 Replaces: libllvm-ocaml-3.3-dev
 Conflicts: libllvm-ocaml-3.3-dev
 Provides: ${ocaml:Provides}
-Description: Modular and reusable compiler and toolchain technologies, OCaml bindings
+Description: Modular compiler and toolchain technologies, OCaml bindings
  LLVM is a collection of libraries and tools that make it easy to build
  compilers, optimizers, Just-In-Time code generators, and many other
  compiler-related programs.
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ Package: llvm-3.3-doc
 Section: doc
 Architecture: all
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}, libjs-jquery, libjs-underscore
-Description: Modular and reusable compiler and toolchain technologies, documentation
+Description: Modular compiler and toolchain technologies, documentation
  LLVM is a collection of libraries and tools that make it easy to build
  compilers, optimizers, Just-In-Time code generators, and many other
  compiler-related programs.
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ Package: llvm-3.3-examples
 Section: doc
 Architecture: all
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}, llvm-3.3-dev (>= ${source:Version}), llvm-3.3-dev (<< ${source:Version}+c~)
-Description: Modular and reusable compiler and toolchain technologies, examples
+Description: Modular compiler and toolchain technologies, examples
  LLVM is a collection of libraries and tools that make it easy to build
  compilers, optimizers, Just-In-Time code generators, and many other
  compiler-related programs.