Tag: description-synopsis-starts-with-article Severity: warning Check: fields/description Explanation: The first line of the "Description:" should omit any initial indefinite or definite article: "a", "an", or "the". A good heuristic is that it should be possible to substitute the package name and synopsis into this formula: . The package name provides {a,an,the,some} synopsis. See-Also: developer-reference 6.2.2