--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -326,7 +327,8 @@ Architecture: all
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}
 Replaces: libufsparse-doc, libumfpack4-doc
 Conflicts: libufsparse-doc, libumfpack4-doc
-Recommends: libatlas-doc, libblas-doc
+Recommends: libblas-doc
+Suggests: libatlas-doc
 Description: libraries for sparse matrices computations (documentation)
  Suitesparse is a collection of libraries for computations involving
  sparse matrices. This package contains the user guides for the
--- a/debian/control.in
+++ b/debian/control.in
@@ -321,7 +322,8 @@ Architecture: all
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}
 Replaces: libufsparse-doc, libumfpack4-doc
 Conflicts: libufsparse-doc, libumfpack4-doc
-Recommends: libatlas-doc, libblas-doc
+Recommends: libblas-doc
+Suggests: libatlas-doc
 Description: libraries for sparse matrices computations (documentation)
  Suitesparse is a collection of libraries for computations involving
  sparse matrices. This package contains the user guides for the