diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 87daabb..3694cee 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
     closes: #795812)
   * debmany:
     + Fix error message upon non-existing package.
+    + Fix wrong error "no package" if package already had been
+      downloaded. (Closes: #847732)
 
  -- Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org>  Thu, 08 Sep 2016 09:20:01 +0200
 
diff --git a/debmany/debmany b/debmany/debmany
index 9bf2390..521b6d9 100755
--- a/debmany/debmany
+++ b/debmany/debmany
@@ -261,12 +261,12 @@
 
   if [ -z "$file" ]
   then
-    debug "Mode3: Determining the path of '$package' using 'apt-get -q2 --print-uris --reinstall install'" # comment
-    aptdata=`apt-get -q2 --print-uris --reinstall install "$package" 2>/dev/null | grep "$package"_`
+    debug "Mode3: Determining the path of '$package' using 'apt-get -q2 --print-uris download'" # comment
+    aptdata=`apt-get -q2 --print-uris download "$package" 2>/dev/null | grep "$package"_`
     if [ -z "$aptdata" ]
     then
       errormsg "There was an error looking for package '$package'."
-      aptdata=`apt-get -q2 --print-uris --reinstall install "apt"  2>/dev/null | grep "apt"_`
+      aptdata=`apt-get -q2 --print-uris download "apt"  2>/dev/null | grep "apt"_`
       if [ $? -ne 0 ] ||  [ -z "$aptdata" ] ; then
       # If looking for apt fails then there is something amiss
         error "Apt-get might not be working properly Possible failure when running 'apt-get -q2 --print-uris --reinstall install \"$package\"'"