diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 88a35dbbf2178411ef6e4aef3ff06a21cb6f9309..3e97396f598ac8d1f1bf0d8a8124a5c9eddafbce 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 python-defaults (2.7.2-1) experimental; urgency=low
 
   [ Piotr Ożarowski ]
-  * dh_pythno2: generate more strict dependencies for packages with private
+  * dh_python2: generate more strict dependencies for packages with private
     extensions (closes: #625760)
 
   [ Scott Kitterman ]
diff --git a/dh_python2 b/dh_python2
index 9378d9ed9f9313ce7dde41a2e145ffbd0663a74f..3ac40e479c692edb3f659b3aa558bb5c2d6ba74d 100755
--- a/dh_python2
+++ b/dh_python2
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ def main():
             else:
                 version = ext_for.pop()
                 args += " -V %s" % vrepr(version)
-                dependencies.depend("python%d.%d" % version)
+            dependencies.depend("python%d.%d" % version)
 
             for pattern in options.regexpr or []:
                 args += " -X '%s'" % pattern.replace("'", r"\'")