--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ binary-arch:
 	pdftotext docsrc/dsc-manual.pdf docsrc/dsc-manual.txt
 	pdftotext doc/dsc-manual.pdf doc/dsc-manual.txt
 	if [ "$$(wdiff --no-common docsrc/dsc-manual.txt doc/dsc-manual.txt | wc -l)" -gt 8 ]; then \
-		echo "too many changes in docs since release, .orig.tar.gz repackaging needed"; \
-		exit 1; \
+		echo "too many changes in docs since release, .orig.tar.gz repackaging recommended"; \
+		sleep 10; \
 	fi
 	cp docsrc/dsc-manual.pdf $(CURDIR)/debian/dsc-statistics-collector/usr/share/doc/dsc-statistics-collector/dsc-manual.pdf
 	dh_install -a