diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 44e64fb0..7cfdb509 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ Standards-Version: 3.6.1
 Package: fail2ban
 Architecture: all
 Depends: python, iptables
-Description: Ban IPs that make too many password failure
- The Fail2Ban scans log files like /var/log/auth.log or
- /var/log/apache/access.log and bans IP that makes too many password
- failures. It updates firewall rules to reject the IP
- address. Currently, iptables, ipfwadm and ipfw are supported.
+Description: Fail2ban bans IPs that cause multiple authentication errors
+ Fail2ban monitors log files (e.g. /var/log/auth.log,
+ /var/log/apache/access.log) and temporarily bans failure-prone
+ addresses by updating existing firewall rules.  Currently, iptables,
+ ipfwadm and ipfw are supported.
  .
  Homepage: http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/fail2ban
 
diff --git a/fail2ban.py b/fail2ban.py
index 98e9d96e..3a761f72 100755
--- a/fail2ban.py
+++ b/fail2ban.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def usage():
 	print "Usage: "+sys.argv[0]+" [OPTIONS]"
 	print
 	print "Fail2Ban v"+version+" reads log file that contains password failure report"
-	print "and bans the corresponding IP address using iptables."
+	print "and bans the corresponding IP addresses using firewall rules."
 	print
 	print "  -b         start fail2ban in background"
 	print "  -d         start fail2ban in debug mode"