diff --git a/contrib/debian/control b/contrib/debian/control
index 1528b9d..f1b3fba 100644
--- a/contrib/debian/control
+++ b/contrib/debian/control
@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@
  Thrift is a software framework for scalable cross-language services
  development. It combines a software stack with a code generation engine to
  build services that work efficiently and seamlessly.
- This package contains the Thrift compiler that is used for translating from
- .thrift files (containing the definitions) to the language binding for the
- supported languages.
+ .
+ This package contains the Thrift compiler that is used for translating
+ from .thrift files (containing the definitions) to the language binding
+ for the supported languages.
 
 Package: python-thrift
 Architecture: any
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@
  Thrift is a software framework for scalable cross-language services
  development. It combines a software stack with a code generation engine to
  build services that work efficiently and seamlessly.
+ .
  This package contains the Python bindings for Thrift. You will need the thrift
  tool (in the thrift-compiler package) to compile your definition to Python
  classes, and then the modules in this package will allow you to use those
@@ -49,6 +51,7 @@
  Thrift is a software framework for scalable cross-language services
  development. It combines a software stack with a code generation engine to
  build services that work efficiently and seamlessly.
+ .
  This package contains the Python bindings for Thrift with debugging symbols.
  You will need the thrift tool (in the thrift-compiler package) to compile your
  definition to Python classes, and then the modules in this package will allow
@@ -65,6 +68,7 @@
  Thrift is a software framework for scalable cross-language services
  development. It combines a software stack with a code generation engine to
  build services that work efficiently and seamlessly.
+ .
  This package contains the Ruby bindings for Thrift. You will need the thrift
  tool (in the thrift-compiler package) to compile your definition to Ruby
  classes, and then the modules in this package will allow you to use those
@@ -79,6 +83,7 @@
  Thrift is a software framework for scalable cross-language services
  development. It combines a software stack with a code generation engine to
  build services that work efficiently and seamlessly.
+ .
  This package contains the Java bindings for Thrift. You will need the thrift
  tool (in the thrift-compiler package) to compile your definition to Java
  classes, and then the modules in this package will allow you to use those
@@ -93,6 +98,7 @@
  Thrift is a software framework for scalable cross-language services
  development. It combines a software stack with a code generation engine to
  build services that work efficiently and seamlessly.
+ .
  This package contains the CLI bindings for Thrift. You will need the thrift
  tool (in the thrift-compiler package) to compile your definition to C#
  classes, and then the modules in this package will allow you to use those
@@ -106,6 +112,7 @@
  Thrift is a software framework for scalable cross-language services
  development. It combines a software stack with a code generation engine to
  build services that work efficiently and seamlessly.
+ .
  This package contains the Perl bindings for Thrift. You will need the thrift
  tool (in the thrift-compiler package) to compile your definition to Perl
  classes, and then the modules in this package will allow you to use those
@@ -118,7 +125,9 @@
  Thrift is a software framework for scalable cross-language services
  development. It combines a software stack with a code generation engine to
  build services that work efficiently and seamlessly.
- This package contains the runtime libraries needed for C++ applications.
+ .
+ This package contains the runtime libraries needed for C++ applications
+ using Thrift.
 
 Package: libthrift-dev
 Architecture: any
@@ -128,8 +137,9 @@
  Thrift is a software framework for scalable cross-language services
  development. It combines a software stack with a code generation engine to
  build services that work efficiently and seamlessly.
+ .
  This package contains the development libraries required for writing C++
- applications.
+ applications using Thrift.
 
 Package: php5-thrift
 Architecture: any
@@ -140,4 +150,5 @@
  Thrift is a software framework for scalable cross-language services
  development. It combines a software stack with a code generation engine to
  build services that work efficiently and seamlessly.
+ .
  This package contains the PHP bindings for Thrift.