Clarify that debian/control comments may not start with whitespace

[debian/debian-policy.git] / policy.sgml

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 58ba938faf40f1366153a48ebe15b5be5c2fcb6b..df586d16a80b487f15d79e286c770b807121f304 100644 (file)
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -2453,9 +2453,10 @@ Package: libc6
        <p>
          In addition to the control file syntax described <qref
          id="controlsyntax">above</qref>, this file may also contain
-         comment lines starting with <tt>#</tt>.  All such lines are
-         ignored, even in the middle of continuation lines for a
-         multiline field, and do not end a multiline field.
+         comment lines starting with <tt>#</tt> without any preceding
+         whitespace.  All such lines are ignored, even in the middle of
+         continuation lines for a multiline field, and do not end a
+         multiline field.
        </p>
 
       </sect>