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diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 113429b..dad8d23 100644
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -2542,7 +2542,7 @@ endif
 	  composed of US-ASCII characters excluding control characters,
 	  space, and colon (i.e., characters in the ranges 33-57 and
 	  59-126, inclusive).  Field names must not begin with the comment
-	  character, <tt>#</tt>.
+	  character, <tt>#</tt>, nor with the hyphen character, <tt>-</tt>.
 	</p>
 
 	<p>
@@ -9009,8 +9009,10 @@ ln -fs ../sbin/sendmail debian/tmp/usr/bin/runq
 		  package is purged.
 	      </item>
 	    </list>
-	    Obsolete configuration files without local changes may be
-	    removed by the package during upgrade.
+	    Obsolete configuration files without local changes should be
+	    removed by the package during upgrade.<footnote>
+	      The <prgn>dpkg-maintscript-helper</prgn> tool, available from the
+	      <package>dpkg</package> package, can help for this task.</footnote>
 	  </p>
 
 	  <p>