diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 39c69aa00..c73679a8d 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+gramps (4.0.1-2) precise; urgency=low
+
+  * bug 6918: make package more compliant according to Debian policy
+
+ -- Jérôme Rapinat <romjerome@yahoo.fr>  Mon, 29 Jul 2013 18:00:11 +0200
+
 gramps (3.3.0-1) lucid; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream release
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 65e28a058..7d9a2cec7 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Source: gramps
-Maintainer: Gramps Development Team
+Maintainer: Gramps Development Team <gramps-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
 Section: python
 Priority: optional
 Build-Depends-Indep: libxml-parser-perl, gettext, intltool
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ Architecture: all
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${python:Depends}, python-gobject (>= 3.3.2), librsvg2-2
 Recommends: python-pyicu, python-osmgpsmap,  graphviz, xdg-utils
 Suggests: ttf-freefont, python-gtkspell, libgexiv2-1, rcs, python-imaging, python-pygoocanvas
-Description: Gramps (Genealogical Research and Analysis Management
+Description: (Genealogical Research and Analysis Management
  Programming System) is a full featured genealogy program supporting
  a Python based plugin system.