diff -Nru bumprace-1.5.4/debian/bumprace.6 bumprace-1.5.4/debian/bumprace.6
--- bumprace-1.5.4/debian/bumprace.6	2008-03-24 18:45:12.000000000 +0000
+++ bumprace-1.5.4/debian/bumprace.6	2014-10-12 17:15:46.000000000 +0000
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 \fBbumprace\fR a simple arcade game. 
 .SH "OPTIONS" 
 .PP 
-These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, 
+This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, 
 with long options starting with two dashes (`\-').  A summary of 
 options is included below. 
 .IP "\fB-f\fP           \fB\-\-fullscreen\fP         " 10 
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@
 .IP "\fB-w\fP           \fB\-\-windowed\fP         " 10 
 Start in windowed mode. 
 .IP "\fB-s\fP           \fB\-\-nosound\fP         " 10 
-Start in without sound. 
+Start without sound. 
 .IP "\fB-n\fP           \fB\-\-notfinal\fP         " 10 
-No title screen (nice for develolopers). 
+No title screen (nice for developers). 
 .IP "\fB-t\fP           \fB\-\-noparticles\fP         " 10 
-Turns of paticles. Good for slow computers. 
+Turns off particles. Good for slow computers. 
 .IP "\fB-o\fP           \fB\-\-nofadeout\fP         " 10 
-No fadeout after crash (for slow coputers). 
+No fadeout after crash (for slow computers). 
 .IP "          \fB\-\-precision\fP         " 10 
 Sets the precison of the collisions (default=10). 
 .IP "\fB-h\fP           \fB\-\-help\fP         " 10 
@@ -61,4 +61,4 @@
 License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free 
 Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover 
 Texts and no Back-Cover Texts. 
-.\" created by instant / docbook-to-man, Mon 24 Mar 2008, 19:45 
+.\" created by instant / docbook-to-man, Sun 12 Oct 2014, 19:15 
diff -Nru bumprace-1.5.4/debian/bumprace.desktop bumprace-1.5.4/debian/bumprace.desktop
--- bumprace-1.5.4/debian/bumprace.desktop	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ bumprace-1.5.4/debian/bumprace.desktop	2014-10-12 17:57:45.000000000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Version=1.0
+Type=Application
+Name=BumpRace
+GenericName=race through a maze
+Comment=1 or 2 players race through a multi-level maze
+Exec=bumprace
+TryExec=bumprace
+Icon=bumprace-icon
+StartupNotify=false
+Terminal=false
+Categories=Game;ActionGame;
+Keywords=space;
diff -Nru bumprace-1.5.4/debian/bumprace.sgml bumprace-1.5.4/debian/bumprace.sgml
--- bumprace-1.5.4/debian/bumprace.sgml	2007-02-11 16:16:26.000000000 +0000
+++ bumprace-1.5.4/debian/bumprace.sgml	2014-10-12 17:15:44.000000000 +0000
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
   <refsect1>
     <title>OPTIONS</title>
 
-    <para>These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax,
+    <para>This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax,
       with long options starting with two dashes (`-').  A summary of
       options is included below.</para>
 
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
           <option>--nosound</option>
         </term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Start in without sound.</para>
+          <para>Start without sound.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
           <option>--notfinal</option>
         </term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>No title screen (nice for develolopers).</para>
+          <para>No title screen (nice for developers).</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
           <option>--noparticles</option>
         </term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Turns of paticles. Good for slow computers.</para>
+          <para>Turns off particles. Good for slow computers.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
           <option>--nofadeout</option>
         </term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>No fadeout after crash (for slow coputers).</para>
+          <para>No fadeout after crash (for slow computers).</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
diff -Nru bumprace-1.5.4/debian/changelog bumprace-1.5.4/debian/changelog
--- bumprace-1.5.4/debian/changelog	2012-05-14 22:04:01.000000000 +0000
+++ bumprace-1.5.4/debian/changelog	2014-10-12 16:55:52.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+bumprace (1.5.4-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  * provide desktop file (closes: #737837)
+  * fix spelling mistakes (closes: #749735)
+  * updated Standards-Version to 3.9.3 (no changes)
+
+ -- Christian T. Steigies <cts@debian.org>  Sun, 12 Oct 2014 18:05:19 +0200
+
 bumprace (1.5.4-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * new upstream version, sound and music have been removed (closes: #613344)
diff -Nru bumprace-1.5.4/debian/control bumprace-1.5.4/debian/control
--- bumprace-1.5.4/debian/control	2012-05-14 22:03:06.000000000 +0000
+++ bumprace-1.5.4/debian/control	2014-10-12 18:13:28.000000000 +0000
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
                libsdl1.2-dev (>=1.2.4),
                libtool,
                zlib1g-dev
-Standards-Version: 3.9.3
+Standards-Version: 3.9.5
 
 Package: bumprace
 Architecture: any
diff -Nru bumprace-1.5.4/debian/patches/series bumprace-1.5.4/debian/patches/series
--- bumprace-1.5.4/debian/patches/series	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ bumprace-1.5.4/debian/patches/series	2014-10-12 16:56:34.000000000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+spelling-mistakes
diff -Nru bumprace-1.5.4/debian/patches/spelling-mistakes bumprace-1.5.4/debian/patches/spelling-mistakes
--- bumprace-1.5.4/debian/patches/spelling-mistakes	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ bumprace-1.5.4/debian/patches/spelling-mistakes	2014-10-12 17:27:17.000000000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+Description: fix spelling-mistakes
+Author: Helge Kreutzmann <debian@helgefjell.de>
+Bug: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=749735
+Reviewed-by: Christian T. Steigies <cts@debian.org>
+---
+This patch header follows DEP-3: http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep3/
+Index: bumprace-1.5.4/src/bumprace.c
+===================================================================
+--- bumprace-1.5.4.orig/src/bumprace.c
++++ bumprace-1.5.4/src/bumprace.c
+@@ -884,9 +884,9 @@ void TextHelp(char *argv[])
+     puts("  [-f | --fullscreen]         start in fullscreen mode (default)");
+     puts("  [-w,| --windowed]           start in windowed mode");
+     puts("  [-s,| --nosound]            start without sound");
+-    puts("  [-n,| --notfinal]           no title screen (nice for develolopers)");
+-    puts("  [-t,| --noparticles]        turns of paticles. good for slow computers.");
+-    puts("  [-o,| --nofadeout]          no fadeout after crash (for slow coputers)");
++    puts("  [-n,| --notfinal]           no title screen (nice for developers)");
++    puts("  [-t,| --noparticles]        turns of particles. good for slow computers.");
++    puts("  [-o,| --nofadeout]          no fadeout after crash (for slow computers)");
+     puts("  [     --precision]        	sets the precison of the collisions (default=10)");
+     puts("  [-h,| --help]               this text\n");
+     
+@@ -1205,7 +1205,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+         else break;
+       }
+     }
+-    printf("** Racer selcted **\n");
++    printf("** Racer selected **\n");
+     for (pl=0;pl<playernum;pl++) load_racer();  
+     printf("** Racer data loaded **\n");
+     // set racer abilities
+Index: bumprace-1.5.4/README
+===================================================================
+--- bumprace-1.5.4.orig/README
++++ bumprace-1.5.4/README
+@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ Last Racer:  press control to stick to w
+ "--levelset 1"             selects an alternative, hard level set
+ "--nofullscreen" "-f"      guess
+ "--nosound"      "-s"      guess again
+-"--notfinal"     "-n"      no title screen (nice for develolopers)
+-"--noparticles"  "-t"      turns of paticles. good for slow computers.
++"--notfinal"     "-n"      no title screen (nice for developers)
++"--noparticles"  "-t"      turns off particles. good for slow computers.
+ "--pageflip"     "-p"      flicker-free fullscreen, slow and extremly buggy
+ "--precision [value]"      sets the precison of the collisions (default=10) 
+                            using this is not recommended
diff -Nru bumprace-1.5.4/debian/rules bumprace-1.5.4/debian/rules
--- bumprace-1.5.4/debian/rules	2011-09-04 17:23:39.000000000 +0000
+++ bumprace-1.5.4/debian/rules	2014-10-12 18:00:55.000000000 +0000
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
 	install -c -m 644 debian/bumprace.6 $(CURDIR)/debian/bumprace/usr/share/man/man6
 	install -c -m 644 debian/bumprace-icon.xpm $(CURDIR)/debian/bumprace/usr/share/pixmaps
 	install -c -m 755 debian/tmp/usr/games/bumprace $(CURDIR)/debian/bumprace/usr/games
-
+	install -D -m 644 debian/bumprace.desktop $(CURDIR)/debian/bumprace/usr/share/applications/bumprace.desktop