-information to the shlibs file. If -V is specified with no dependancy
-information, the current version of the package is plugged into a
-dependancy that looks like "packagename (>= packageversion)". If -V is
-specified with parameters, the parameters can be used to specify the exact
-dependancy information needed (be sure to include the package name).
+information to the shlibs file. If -V is specified with no dependency
+information, the current upstream version of the package is plugged into a
+dependency that looks like "packagename (>= packageversion)". Note that in
+debhelper compatibility levels before v4, the debian part of the package
+version number is also included. If -V is specified with parameters, the
+parameters can be used to specify the exact dependency information needed
+(be sure to include the package name).