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# `synopsis-is-a-sentence`

The package synopsis (also known as the "short" description, ie. the first line in the package's "Description:" field) either ends with a full stop "." character or starts another sentence.

This is not necessary as the synopsis does not need to be a full sentence. It is recommended that a single descriptive phrase is used instead.

Note also that the synopsis is not part of the rest of the "long" Description: field.

Severity: | `info`
Experimental: | `false`
Renamed from: | `description-synopsis-might-not-be-phrased-properly`

## See also

- The package synopsis, or short description (Section 6.2.2) in the Debian Developer's Reference

- list of all the affected packages
- the source of this tag