.P
Any directory names specified as parameters will be created in the package
build directory of the first package dh_installdirs is told to act on. By
-default, this is the first binary package in debian/control, but if you use
+default, this is the first binary package in debian/control, but if you use
-p, -i, or -a flags, it will be the first package specified by those flags.
.P
-A file named debian/package.dirs (debian/dirs may be used for the first
-binary package in debian/control) can list other directories to be created.
+A file named debian/package.dirs can list other directories to be created.
Separate the directory names with whitespace.
.P
Be sure to only use directory names relative to the package build
.BR debhelper (1)
.SH BUGS
It's impossible to specify filenames with spaces or other whitespace in them
-in debian/dirs file. This is more a historical design flaw than a bug.
+in debian/package.dirs file. This is more a historical design flaw than a bug.
.SH AUTHOR
Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>