diff --git a/debian/libostree-doc.lintian-overrides b/debian/libostree-doc.lintian-overrides
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+# https://bugs.debian.org/970275
+libostree-doc: package-contains-documentation-outside-usr-share-doc usr/share/gtk-doc/html/ostree/*