=item B<--max-parallel>I<=maximum>
-By default, the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable can be used to
-enable parallel building, when supported by the build system.
-
This option allows controlling how many parallel jobs can be used in a
-build. If set to 1, concurrent builds are disabled -- do this if
-the package build is known not to work in parallel. If the package build
-is known to only work with certian levels of concurrency, you can set this
-to the maximum level that is known to work, or that you wish to support.
+build, if parallel builds are enabled by the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment
+variable.
+
+If set to 1, parallel builds are disabled -- do this if the package build
+is known not to work in parallel. If the package build is known to only
+work with certian levels of concurrency, you can set this to the maximum
+level that is known to work, or that you wish to support.
+
+If this option is not specified, debhelper currently defaults to not
+supporting parallel package builds.
=item B<--list>, B<-l>
debhelper (7.4.8) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+ * Parallel building support is no longer enabled by default. It can still
+ be enabled by using the --max-parallel option. This was necessary because
+ some buildds build with -j2 by default.
* dh: Document --no-act. Closes: #557505
* dh_makeshlibs: Make -X also exclude libraries from the symbols file.
Closes: #557603 (Peter Samuelson)