+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+B<dh_installdocs> [S<I<debhelper options>>] [B<-A>] [B<-X>I<item>] [S<I<file ...>>]
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+dh_installdocs is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing
+documentation into usr/share/doc/package in package build directories.
+
+dh_installdocs automatically installs debian/copyright if it exists. If
+dh_installdocs is acting on multiple packages, debian/copyright files will be
+installed into all packages. However, if you need to have separate copyright
+files for different binary packages, you can use files named
+debian/package.copyright.
+
+Any filenames specified as parameters will be installed into the first
+package dh_installdocs is told to act on. By default, this is the first
+binary package in debian/control, but if you use B<-p>, B<-i>, or B<-a> flags, it
+will be the first package specified by those flags.
+
+Also, debian/README.Debian (or debian/README.debian) and debian/TODO, if
+they exist, will be installed into the first binary package listed in
+debian/control, if dh_installdocs is acting on that package. Note that
+debian/TODO will be installed named TODO.Debian, if the package is not a
+debian native package. Also note that README.debian is installed as
+README.Debian, for consistency. Note that debian/package.README.Debian and
+debian/package.TODO can be used to specify files for subpackages.
+
+Files named debian/package.docs can list other files to be installed.
+
+Files named debian/package.doc-base, will be installed as doc-base control
+files. Note that the doc-id will be determined from the "Document:" entry
+in the doc-base control file in question.
+
+If your package needs to register more than one document, you need multiple
+files. To accomplish this, you can use files named debian/package.doc-base.*
+
+=head1 OPTIONS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<-A>, B<--all>
+
+Install all files specified by command line parameters in ALL packages
+acted on.
+
+=item B<-Xitem>, B<--exclude=item>
+
+Exclude files that contain "item" anywhere in their filename from
+being installed. Note that this includes doc-base files.
+
+=item I<file ...>
+
+Install these files as documentation into the first package acted on. (Or
+in all packages if B<-A> is specified).
+
+=back
+
+=head1 EXAMPLES
+
+This is an example of a debian/package.docs file:
+
+ README
+ TODO
+ debian/notes-for-maintainers.txt
+ docs/manual.txt
+ docs/manual.pdf
+ docs/manual-html/
+
+=head1 NOTES
+
+Note that dh_installdocs will happily copy entire directory hierarchies if
+you ask it to (similar to cp -a). If it is asked to install a
+directory, it will install the complete contents of the directory.
+
+Note that this command is not idempotent. L<dh_prep(1)> should be called
+between invocations of this command. Otherwise, it may cause multiple
+instances of the same text to be added to maintainer scripts.
+
+=cut
+