diff --git a/deb/build-deb b/deb/build-deb
index 77ece7b68a..91d1f8a902 100755
--- a/deb/build-deb
+++ b/deb/build-deb
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ debSource="$(awk -F ': ' '$1 == "Source" { print $2; exit }' debian/control)"
 debMaintainer="$(awk -F ': ' '$1 == "Maintainer" { print $2; exit }' debian/control)"
 debDate="$(date --rfc-2822)"
 
-# Include an extra `.0` in the version, in case we ever would have to re-build an
+# Include an extra `1` in the version, in case we ever would have to re-build an
 # already published release with a packaging-only change.
-pkgRevision=0
+pkgRevision=1
 
 # Generate changelog. The version/name of the generated packages are based on this.
 #
@@ -53,12 +53,13 @@ pkgRevision=0
 #
 # - name of the package (e.g., "docker-ce")
 # - version (e.g., "23.0.0~beta.0")
-# - "-0" (mostly "best practice", and allows updating for specific situations)
+# - pkgRevision (usually "-0", see above), which allows updating packages with
+#   packaging-only changes (without a corresponding release of the software
+#   that's packaged).
 # - distro (e.g., "ubuntu")
 # - VERSION_ID (e.g. "22.04" or "11") this must be "sortable" to make sure that
 #   packages are upgraded when upgrading to a newer distro version ("codename"
 #   cannot be used for this, as they're not sorted)
-# - pkgRevision (usually "0", see above)
 # - SUITE ("codename"), e.g. "jammy" or "bullseye". This is mostly for convenience,
 #   because some places refer to distro versions by codename, others by version.
 #   we prefix the codename with a tilde (~), which effectively excludes it from
@@ -71,10 +72,10 @@ pkgRevision=0
 #
 # Examples:
 #
-# docker-ce_23.0.0~beta.0-0~debian.11.0~bullseye_amd64.deb
-# docker-ce_23.0.0~beta.0-0~ubuntu.22.04.0~jammy_amd64.deb
+# docker-ce_23.0.0~beta.0-1~debian.11~bullseye_amd64.deb
+# docker-ce_23.0.0~beta.0-1~ubuntu.22.04~jammy_amd64.deb
 cat > "debian/changelog" <<-EOF
-$debSource (${EPOCH}${EPOCH_SEP}${DEB_VERSION}-0~${DISTRO}.${VERSION_ID}.${pkgRevision}~${SUITE}) $SUITE; urgency=low
+$debSource (${EPOCH}${EPOCH_SEP}${DEB_VERSION}-${pkgRevision}~${DISTRO}.${VERSION_ID}~${SUITE}) $SUITE; urgency=low
   * Version: $VERSION
  -- $debMaintainer  $debDate
 EOF