diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 9f905447..63e21d66 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -61,11 +61,11 @@ Replaces: manpages-de (<< 0.5-3),
           coreutils (<< 8.21~) [hurd-any],
           hurd (<< 20140206~) [hurd-any]
 Description: system login tools
- These tools are required to be able to login and use your system. The
- login program invokes your user shell and enables command execution. The
- newgrp program is used to change your effective group ID (useful for
- workgroup type situations). The su program allows changing your effective
- user ID (useful being able to execute commands as another user).
+ This package provides some required infrastructure for logins and for
+ changing effective user or group IDs, including:
+  * login, the program that invokes a user shell on a virtual terminal;
+  * nologin, a dummy shell for disabled user accounts;
+  * su, a basic tool for executing commands as root or another user.
 
 Package: uidmap
 Architecture: any