diff --git a/alien.pl b/alien.pl
index 602ba59..64450fb 100755
--- a/alien.pl
+++ b/alien.pl
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ B<alien> recognizes the following environment variables:
 
 =over 4
 
-=item RPMBUILDOPTS
+=item RPMBUILDOPT
 
 Options to pass to rpm when it is building a package.
 
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 40e26ab..b478471 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+alien (8.89) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  * Correct man page to say RPMBUILDOPT (not RPMBUILDOPTS). Closes: #701106
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:04:45 -0400
+
 alien (8.88) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Ensure that version numbers begin with well, a number, when building a