diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index fcc60be908066a404a423fd77b7c5feda3bc48be..d6399d8a1a006d5112177b3284ad0dba73fbb38d 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Dependencies:
     * Googlesparsehash package
     * BuDDy BDD package.
 
-On Ubuntu, install the following packages:
+On Debian or Ubuntu, install the following packages:
 
   - git
   - build-essential