diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
index 31c0134a..7b7ab2be 100644
--- a/debian/copyright
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
 Upstream-Name: Shadow
 Source: https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow
-Note: atudel licensed under BSD-4-Clause which is not DFSG compatible
+Note: atudel is licensed under BSD-4-Clause which is not DFSG compatible
 Files-Excluded: contrib/atudel
 
 Files: *