diff --git a/contrib/DEBIAN/control b/contrib/DEBIAN/control
index 6d3b8d129..726a44408 100644
--- a/contrib/DEBIAN/control
+++ b/contrib/DEBIAN/control
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ Build-Depends: autoconf, automake, bsdmainutils, build-essential
  git, g++-multilib, libc6-dev, libtool
  m4, ncurses-dev, pkg-config, python
  unzip, wget, zlib1g-dev
-Vcs-Git: git@github.com:zcash/zcash.git
+Vcs-Git: https://github.com/zcash/zcash.git
 Vcs-Browser: https://github.com/zcash/zcash
 Package: zcash
 Version: 1.0.0-rc2
 Architecture: amd64
 Depends: libgomp1
-Description: Zcash is an implementation of the "Zerocash" protocol.
+Description: An implementation of the "Zerocash" protocol.
  Based on Bitcoin's code, it intends to offer a far higher standard
  of privacy and anonymity through a sophisticiated zero-knowledge
  proving scheme which preserves confidentiality of transaction metadata.