diff --git a/contrib/debian/copyright b/contrib/debian/copyright
index 31780b2a..dbe377ea 100644
--- a/contrib/debian/copyright
+++ b/contrib/debian/copyright
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ Copyright:
 
 This program is free software.  You may redistribute it and/or modify it
 under the terms of The GNU General Public License, as published by the Free
-Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later
-version.  A copy of this license is in the file
-/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.
+Software Foundation, specifically version 2 of the License.  A copy of this
+license is in the file /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2.