-If a L<dpkg-gensymbols(1)> symbol file is found in debian/package.symbols
-(or debian/package.symbols.arch), dpkg-gensymbols will be called
-to process and install the symbols file.
+Packages that support multiarch are detected, and
+a Pre-Dependency on multiarch-support is set in ${misc:Pre-Depends} ;
+you should make sure to put that token into an appropriate place in your
+debian/control file for packages supporting multiarch.
+
+=head1 FILES
+
+=over 4
+
+=item debian/I<package>.symbols
+
+=item debian/I<package>.symbols.I<arch>
+
+These symbols files, if present, are passed to L<dpkg-gensymbols(1)> to
+be processed and installed. Use the I<arch> specific names if you need
+to provide different symbols files for different architectures.
+
+=back