diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 8b55521..fabb92a 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
   * Team upload.
   * Bump Standards-Version to 4.5.1, no changes needed.
+  * Demote reletionship against the -doc package from Recommends to Suggests.
 
  -- Mattia Rizzolo <mattia@debian.org>  Thu, 03 Dec 2020 22:06:24 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index c31071e..907e35e 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
 
 Package: python3-natsort
 Architecture: all
-Recommends: python-natsort-doc
+Depends: ${python3:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
+Suggests: python-natsort-doc
 Breaks: python-natsort (<= 3.2.1-1)
-Depends: ${python3:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
 Description: Natural sorting for Python (Python3)
  natsort lets you apply natural sorting to your sequences easily, for example:
  .