diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 6d11d05eabbb263646b5ba17aabc24709994dd7d..6a077ab5d93625d409f2d0f1ab022550dc05364f 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ javahelp2 (2.0.05.ds1-7) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
     - Use canonical URLs for the Vcs-* fields
     - Updated the Homepage field
   * Switch to debhelper level 9
+  * debian/copyright: Refer to the GPL-2 license in /usr/share/common-licenses
 
  -- Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org>  Fri, 21 Feb 2014 11:20:38 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
index 0adc603368258888511c42083f72f58ac906b41f..5caae3f4d1941fd48f684f1a6cc875f210f3e403 100644
--- a/debian/copyright
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Use of this software is governed by the terms of the license below:
   51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
 
 On Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of the GNU General
-Public License can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL'.
+Public License can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2'.
 
 Javahelp package also integrates some icons from the Tango 
 Project  ( http://tango.freedesktop.org/Tango_Desktop_Project ).