diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 8eec5a94e10a31046aa53bc6718625afa517f22f..3707d8854499291a7de0d27b7f1bfe0b1d3ef7e8 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Depends: git,
          ${shlibs:Depends}
 Recommends: mr (>= 1.07),
             ssh-client
-Description: manage config files in $HOME via fake bare git repositories
+Description: Version Control System for $HOME (based on git)
  vcsh allows you to have several git repositories, all maintaining their working
  trees in $HOME without clobbering each other. That, in turn, means you can have
  one repository per config set (zsh, vim, ssh, etc), picking and choosing which