diff -Nru base-passwd-3.5.43/debian/changelog base-passwd-3.5.44/debian/changelog
--- base-passwd-3.5.43/debian/changelog	2017-01-16 15:52:12.000000000 +0000
+++ base-passwd-3.5.44/debian/changelog	2017-09-12 21:48:16.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+base-passwd (3.5.44) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * users-and-groups: Remove apparently-unfounded rumour that
+    /var/spool/cups is owned by group sys (thanks, Sven Joachim; closes:
+    #615259).
+
+ -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>  Tue, 12 Sep 2017 22:48:16 +0100
+
 base-passwd (3.5.43) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * users-and-groups: Remove haldaemon (closes: #851455).
diff -Nru base-passwd-3.5.43/doc/users-and-groups.sgml base-passwd-3.5.44/doc/users-and-groups.sgml
--- base-passwd-3.5.43/doc/users-and-groups.sgml	2017-01-16 15:50:51.000000000 +0000
+++ base-passwd-3.5.44/doc/users-and-groups.sgml	2017-09-12 21:44:14.000000000 +0000
@@ -159,10 +159,6 @@
 	    files</ulink>, but this was obsoleted long ago in favour of bin
 	    (now itself legacy; see above).
 	  </para>
-	  <para>
-	    I'm told that <filename>/var/spool/cups</filename> is owned by
-	    group sys, dunno why.
-	  </para>
 	</listitem>
       </varlistentry>