diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 8751720..7e1f369 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ nut (2.7.4-9) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * debian/control: Add libnss3-dev to the dependencies of libupsclient-dev
   * debian/tests/control: Drop python-unit and depend against python package
     instead (Closes: #908963)
+  * debian/control: Fix duplicate package descriptions to please lintian
 
- -- Laurent Bigonville <bigon@debian.org>  Tue, 09 Jul 2019 15:27:18 +0200
+ -- Laurent Bigonville <bigon@debian.org>  Tue, 09 Jul 2019 15:59:26 +0200
 
 nut (2.7.4-8) unstable; urgency=medium
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index cc169d7..110b43a 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ Architecture: any
 Depends: libnutclient0 (= ${binary:Version}),
          ${misc:Depends},
          ${shlibs:Depends}
-Description: network UPS tools - development files
+Description: network UPS tools - development files for the new client library
  Network UPS Tools (NUT) is a client/server monitoring system that
  allows computers to share uninterruptible power supply (UPS) and
  power distribution unit (PDU) hardware. Clients access the hardware
@@ -248,20 +248,20 @@ Description: network UPS tools - scanner library
  through the server, and are notified whenever the power status
  changes.
  .
- This package provides the shared client library.
+ This package provides the shared scanner library.
 
 Package: libnutscan-dev
 Section: libdevel
 Architecture: any
 Depends: libnutscan1 (= ${binary:Version}), ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
-Description: network UPS tools - development files
+Description: network UPS tools - development files for the scanner library
  Network UPS Tools (NUT) is a client/server monitoring system that
  allows computers to share uninterruptible power supply (UPS) and
  power distribution unit (PDU) hardware. Clients access the hardware
  through the server, and are notified whenever the power status
  changes.
  .
- This package provides the development files.
+ This package provides the development files for the scanner library.
 
 Package: python-nut
 Section: python