diff --git a/debian/templates/control.headers.flavour.in b/debian/templates/control.headers.flavour.in
index 533d2a4ea..114cc16a0 100644
--- a/debian/templates/control.headers.flavour.in
+++ b/debian/templates/control.headers.flavour.in
@@ -2,16 +2,12 @@ Package: linux-headers-@subarch@@version@-@abiname@-@flavour@
 Architecture: @arch@
 Section: devel
 Priority: optional
-Depends: coreutils | fileutils (>= 4.0)
+Depends: coreutils | fileutils (>= 4.0), linux-headers-@version@-@abiname@
 Provides: linux-headers, linux-headers-@major@
-Description: Common architecture-specific header files for Linux kernel @version@
- This package provides the (sub)architecture-specific common kernel header files
- for Linux kernel version @version@, generally used for building out-of-tree
- kernel modules. To obtain a complete set of headers you also need to install
- the linux-headers-@version@-@abiname@-(flavour) package, matching the
- flavour of the kernel you intend the build for. To obtain such a set for the
- currently running kernel it is sufficient to run a command
-
- apt-get install linux-headers-@version@-@abiname@-$(uname -r)
- .
- and it will be unpacked in /usr/src/linux-headers-@version@-@abiname@-(flavour).
+Description: Architecture-specific header files for Linux kernel @version@
+ This package provides the architecture-specific kernel header files
+ for Linux kernel @version@ on @flavour@-class machines, generally used for
+ building out-of-tree kernel modules.  These files are going to be installed
+ into /usr/src/linux-headers-@subarch@@version@-@abiname@-@flavour@, and can
+ be used for building modules that load into the kernel provided by the
+ linux-image-@subarch@@version@-@abiname@-@flavour@ package.