diff --git a/debian/backupninja.lintian-overrides b/debian/backupninja.lintian-overrides
index 156d8184159a2712858583cbbb983d768831f57d..0e8c51a63906b0295dac9c85f31dd29089ed24b4 100644
--- a/debian/backupninja.lintian-overrides
+++ b/debian/backupninja.lintian-overrides
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@
 # we want this only accessed by root, and optionally by the "admingroup"
 # defined in backupninja.conf
 non-standard-dir-perm etc/backup.d/ 2770 != 0755
+# The first occurrence is for the handler, the 2nd is for the package
+spelling-error-in-description rsync rsync (duplicate word) rsync