diff --git a/package/debian/control b/package/debian/control
index e7d7ea4e4..0319d65c3 100644
--- a/package/debian/control
+++ b/package/debian/control
@@ -12,14 +12,10 @@ Package: magnum-dev
 Section: libdevel
 Architecture: any
 Depends: magnum (= ${binary:Version}), corrade-dev, libgl-dev, libopenal-dev, libglfw3-dev, libsdl2-dev
-Description: Magnum development files
- Headers and tools needed for developing with Magnum.
+Description: C++11/C++14 graphics middleware for games and data visualization
 
 Package: magnum
 Section: libs
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, corrade, libgl1, libopenal1, libglfw3, libsdl2-2.0-0
 Description: C++11/C++14 graphics middleware for games and data visualization
- Magnum is 2D/3D graphics engine written in C++11 and modern OpenGL. Its goal
- is to simplify low-level graphics development and interaction with OpenGL
- using recent C++11 features and to abstract away platform-specific issues.