+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+B<dh_shlibdeps> [S<I<debhelper options>>] [B<-l>I<directory>] [B<-X>I<item>] [S<B<--> I<params>>]
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+dh_shlibdeps is a debhelper program that is responsible for calculating
+shared library dependancies for packages.
+
+This program is merely a wrapper around L<dpkg-shlibdeps(1)> that calls it
+once for each package listed in the control file, passing it
+a list of ELF executables and shared libraries it has found.
+
+=head1 OPTIONS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<-u>I<params>, B<--dpkg-shlibdeps-params=>I<params>
+
+=item B<--> I<params>
+
+Pass "params" to L<dpkg-shlibdeps(1)>.
+
+=item B<-X>I<item>, B<--exclude=>I<item>
+
+Exclude files that contain "item" anywhere in their filename from being
+passed to dpkg-shlibdeps. This will make their dependancies be ignored.
+This may be useful in some situations, but use it with caution. This option
+may be used more than once to exclude more than one thing.
+
+=item B<-l>I<directory>[:directory:directory:..]
+
+Before dpkg-shlibdeps is run, LD_LIBRARY_PATH will have added to it the
+specified directory (or directories -- separate with colons). This is
+useful for multi-binary packages where a library is built in one
+package and another package contains binaries linked against said
+library. Relative paths will be made absolute for the benefit of
+dpkg-shlibdeps.
+
+=back
+
+=cut
+