diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index cc05f55..0000000
--- a/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# Compiled and temporary files
-*.elc
-*~
-
-# Cask
-/.cask
-dist
-
-# Ecukes
-/features/project/.cask
-/features/project/test/*.el
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 829ca40..8a9b4b6 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+emacs-deferred (0.5.1+git20170901.1.2239671-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  * New upstream snapshot.
+
+ -- Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>  Thu, 19 Jan 2023 01:10:32 -0000
+
 emacs-deferred (0.5.1-5) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Add patch to fix wrong-number-of-arguments error (Closes: #1020029)
diff --git a/deferred.el b/deferred.el
index 179e05d..041c90b 100644
--- a/deferred.el
+++ b/deferred.el
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
 (defvar deferred:tick-time 0.001
   "Waiting time between asynchronous tasks (second).
 The shorter waiting time increases the load of Emacs. The end
-user can tune this paramter. However, applications should not
+user can tune this parameter. However, applications should not
 modify it because the applications run on various environments.")
 
 (defvar deferred:queue nil