diff --git a/web/index.txt b/web/index.txt
index e1a14747d..dbdf8ab30 100644
--- a/web/index.txt
+++ b/web/index.txt
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ To see what pandoc can do, see the [demonstration page](examples.html).
 
 - [FreeBSD port].
 
-- [Debian linux package]. 
-  To install, download the file and type:
+- [Debian linux package] (will also work on Ubuntu and other Debian
+  derivatives).  To install, download the file and type:
 
         sudo dpkg -i pandoc_0.4_i386.deb