diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 4ccadfdc..ccf81013 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ shadow (1:4.1.4.2-1) unstable; urgency=low
   * debian/securetty.linux: Added ttyS2 to ttyS5. Some extension card provide
     more serial ports, but that should be sufficient until there is a support
     for regular expressions. Closes: #534244
+  * debian/patches/506_relaxed_usernames: Fixed typo. groupadd(8) should
+    document therestriction on groupnames, not usernames.
 
  -- Nicolas FRANCOIS (Nekral) <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>  Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:20:30 +0200
 
diff --git a/debian/patches/506_relaxed_usernames b/debian/patches/506_relaxed_usernames
index 9dfe7313..d8ac342f 100755
--- a/debian/patches/506_relaxed_usernames
+++ b/debian/patches/506_relaxed_usernames
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ Details:
         In regular expression terms: [a-z_][a-z0-9_-]*[$]?
       </para>
       <para>
-+       On Debian, the only constraints are that usernames must neither start
++       On Debian, the only constraints are that groupnames must neither start
 +       with a dash ('-') nor contain a colon (':') or a whitespace (space:' ',
 +       end of line: '\n', tabulation: '\t', etc.).
 +     </para>