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diff --git a/debian/apt.cron.daily b/debian/apt.cron.daily
index ee0761bfb..765dd4ae4 100644
--- a/debian/apt.cron.daily
+++ b/debian/apt.cron.daily
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
#
# This file understands the following apt configuration variables:
# Values here are the default.
-# Create /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/02periodic file to set your preference.
+# Create /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic file to set your preference.
#
# Dir "/";
# - RootDir for all configuration files
@@ -68,6 +68,19 @@
# 1: progress report (actually any string)
# 2: + command outputs (remove -qq, remove 2>/dev/null, add -d)
# 3: + trace on
+#
+# APT::Periodic::RandomSleep "1800";
+# - The apt cron job will delay its execution by a random
+# time span between zero and 'APT::Periodic::RandomSleep'
+# seconds.
+# This is done because otherwise everyone would access the
+# mirror servers at the same time and put them collectively
+# under very high strain.
+# You can set this to '0' if you are using a local mirror and
+# do not care about the load spikes.
+# Note that sleeping in the apt job will be delaying the
+# execution of all subsequent cron.daily jobs.
+#
check_stamp()
{