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diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 4fd60d9..52dbb26 100644
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -4607,13 +4607,13 @@ fi
The relations allowed are <<, <=,
- =, >= and >> for
- strictly earlier, earlier or equal, exactly equal, later or
- equal and strictly later, respectively. The deprecated
- forms < and > were used to mean
- earlier/later or equal, rather than strictly earlier/later,
- so they should not appear in new packages (though
- dpkg still supports them).
+ =, >= and >> for strictly
+ earlier, earlier or equal, exactly equal, later or equal and
+ strictly later, respectively. The deprecated
+ forms < and > were confusingly used to
+ mean earlier/later or equal, rather than strictly earlier/later,
+ and must not appear in new packages (though dpkg
+ still supports them with a warning).