diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 5770fc2..e569785 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
     + Update versioned debhelper build-dependency accordingly.
   * checkrestart: Fix logic error resulting in trying to call lsof even if
     it wasn't found. (Closes: #888276)
+  * State in long package description that hard dependencies of single
+    tools are listed in Recommends.
 
   [ Paul Wise ]
   * find-dbgsym-packages:
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index d86df87..7c1ccdd 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -81,3 +81,8 @@
  Package name in brackets denote (non-essential) dependencies of the
  scripts. Packages names with an asterisk ("*") denote optional
  dependencies, all other are hard dependencies.
+ .
+ Hard dependencies of single tools are listed in the Recommends field
+ of the package and optional dependencies of single tools in the
+ Suggests field -- as common with many "collection" style Debian
+ packages.