diff --git a/debpython/depends.py b/debpython/depends.py
index 4a14e83aa4bfb20bf8d63c82d9a6a39884c14696..91f0f8dc418ae362230ec8259eacdc4864e3c8b1 100644
--- a/debpython/depends.py
+++ b/debpython/depends.py
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ import logging
 from debpython.pydist import parse_pydep, guess_dependency
 from debpython.version import SUPPORTED, DEFAULT, debsorted, vrepr, vrange_str
 
-MINPYCDEP = 'python (>= 2.6.5-11~)'  # minumum version required for pycompile
+# minimum version required for pycompile/pyclean
+MINPYCDEP = 'python (>= 2.6.5-11~)'
+
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)