Improve -X documentation. Closes: #686696

[debhelper.git] / debhelper.pod

diff --git a/debhelper.pod b/debhelper.pod
index 511b21f4a09cc569d2bfeda5b03c128c28df714d..e5794c485315b9bb30f31293ad6ea5bda5a3a8bc 100644 (file)
--- 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>