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diff --git a/perl-policy.sgml b/perl-policy.sgml
index ef1fbe6..3b76b94 100644
--- a/perl-policy.sgml
+++ b/perl-policy.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-<!doctype debiandoc system>
+<!doctype debiandoc system [
+<!-- include version information so we don't have to hard code it
+     within the document -->
+<!entity % versiondata SYSTEM "version.ent"> %versiondata;
+]>
 
 <debiandoc>
   <book>
@@ -14,7 +18,7 @@
 	<name>The Debian Policy mailing list</name>
 	<email>debian-policy@lists.debian.org</email>
       </author>
-      <version>version 1.20</version>
+      <version>version &version;, &date;</version>
 
       <abstract>
 	This document describes the packaging of Perl within the Debian
@@ -89,8 +93,11 @@
 	</p>
 	<p>
 	  The <package>perl-base</package> package must provide
-	  <package>perlapi-<var>version</var></package> for all released
-	  versions it is compatible with.
+	  <package>perlapi-<var>abiname</var></package> for all released
+	  package versions it is compatible with. The choice of
+	  <var>abiname</var> is arbitrary, but if it differs from
+	  <tt>$Config{version}</tt>, it must be specified in
+	  <tt>$Config{debian_abi}</tt>.
 	</p>
       </sect>
 
@@ -291,10 +298,17 @@ make install
 	<heading>Module Package Names</heading>
 	<p>
 	  Perl module packages should be named for the primary module
-	  provided.  The naming convention for module <tt>Foo::Bar</tt>
-	  is <package>libfoo-bar-perl</package>.  Packages which include
-	  multiple modules may additionally include provides for those
-	  modules using the same convention.
+	  provided.  The naming convention is to lowercase the Perl module
+	  name, prepend, <tt>lib</tt>, change all occurrences
+	  of <tt>::</tt> to <tt>-</tt>, and append <tt>-perl</tt>.  For
+	  example:
+	  <example>
+Foo::Bar        libfoo-bar-perl
+Foo::Bar::Baz   libfoo-bar-baz-perl
+Foo::BarBaz     libfoo-barbaz-perl
+	  </example>
+	  Packages which include multiple modules may additionally include
+	  provides for the additional modules using the same convention.
 	</p>
       </sect>
 
@@ -313,7 +327,7 @@ $(MAKE) OPTIMIZE="-O2 -g -Wall"
 	  </example>
 	  and this one to install the results into the temporary tree:
 	  <example>
-$(MAKE) install PREFIX=$(CURDIR)/debian/&lt;tmp&gt;/usr
+$(MAKE) install DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/&lt;tmp&gt;
 	  </example><footnote>
 	    <p>Replace &lt;tmp&gt; with the appropriate directory
 	    (nominally just tmp)</p>
@@ -348,8 +362,9 @@ $(MAKE) install PREFIX=$(CURDIR)/debian/&lt;tmp&gt;/usr
 	    a minimum version of the <package>perl</package> package
 	    used to build the module, and must additionally depend on
 	    the expansion of
-	    <package>perlapi-$Config{version}</package> using
-	    the <tt>Config</tt> module.
+	    <package>perlapi-$Config{debian_abi}</package> using
+	    the <tt>Config</tt> module. If <tt>$Config{debian_abi}</tt>
+	    is empty or not set, <tt>$Config{version}</tt> must be used.
 	  </p>
 	</sect1>