=head1 DESCRIPTION
-dh_gencontrol is a debhelper program that is responsible for generating
-control files, and installing them into the DEBIAN directory with the
+B<dh_gencontrol> is a debhelper program that is responsible for generating
+control files, and installing them into the I<DEBIAN> directory with the
proper permissions.
This program is merely a wrapper around L<dpkg-gencontrol(1)>, which calls
=over 4
-=item B<-u>I<params>, B<--dpkg-gencontrol-params>=I<params>
-
=item B<--> I<params>
-Pass "params" to L<dpkg-gencontrol(1)>.
+Pass I<params> to L<dpkg-gencontrol(1)>.
+
+=item B<-u>I<params>, B<--dpkg-gencontrol-params=>I<params>
+
+This is another way to pass I<params> to L<dpkg-gencontrol(1)>.
+It is deprecated; use B<--> instead.
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