diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index dac7e9077..8af1ec113 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Depends: binutils, bzip2, coreutils | fileutils (>= 4.0)
 Recommends: libc6-dev | libc-dev, gcc, make
 Suggests: libncurses-dev | ncurses-dev, kernel-package, libqt3-mt-dev
 Description: Linux kernel source for version 2.6.12 with Debian patches
- This package provides the source code for the Linux kernel version 2.6.11.
+ This package provides the source code for the Linux kernel version 2.6.12.
  .
  If you wish to use this package to create a custom Linux kernel, then
  it is suggested that you investigate the package kernel-package,
diff --git a/debian/templates/control.main.in b/debian/templates/control.main.in
index 471ecc64e..518558d28 100644
--- a/debian/templates/control.main.in
+++ b/debian/templates/control.main.in
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Depends: binutils, bzip2, coreutils | fileutils (>= 4.0)
 Recommends: libc6-dev | libc-dev, gcc, make
 Suggests: libncurses-dev | ncurses-dev, kernel-package, libqt3-mt-dev
 Description: Linux kernel source for version @version@ with Debian patches
- This package provides the source code for the Linux kernel version 2.6.11.
+ This package provides the source code for the Linux kernel version @version@.
  .
  If you wish to use this package to create a custom Linux kernel, then
  it is suggested that you investigate the package kernel-package,