From f7c9099e88846f7c117aa592f5119911f03e71e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2012 16:36:18 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Improve -X documentation. Closes: #686696

---
 debhelper.pod    | 3 ++-
 debian/changelog | 1 +
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/debhelper.pod b/debhelper.pod
index 511b21f..e5794c4 100644
--- a/debhelper.pod
+++ b/debhelper.pod
@@ -185,7 +185,8 @@ Do not modify F<postinst>, F<postrm>, etc. scripts.
 =item B<-X>I<item>, B<--exclude=>I<item>
 
 Exclude an item from processing. This option may be used multiple times,
-to exclude more than one thing.
+to exclude more than one thing. The \fIitem\fR is typically part of a
+filename, and any file containing the specified text will be excluded.
 
 =item B<-A>, B<--all>
 
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 2fc9e31..3b34f9c 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ debhelper (9.20120609) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     a python2.X-minimal package may provide it while not having
     distutils installed. Closes: #683557
   * dh_icons: Improve documentation. Closes: #684895
+  * Improve -X documentation. Closes: #686696
 
  -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Thu, 05 Jul 2012 08:51:07 -0600
 
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