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diff --git a/doc/apt-cache.8.sgml b/doc/apt-cache.8.sgml
index 2ed4c84b8..b037def46 100644
--- a/doc/apt-cache.8.sgml
+++ b/doc/apt-cache.8.sgml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
<arg>add <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>file</replaceable></arg></arg>
<arg>gencaches</>
<arg>showpkg <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
+ <arg>showsrc <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
<arg>stats</>
<arg>dump</>
<arg>dumpavail</>
@@ -60,7 +61,8 @@
<VariableList>
<VarListEntry><Term>add</Term>
<ListItem><Para>
- <literal/add/ adds the names package index files to the package cache.
+ <literal/add/ adds the named package index files to the package cache.
+ This is for debugging only.
</VarListEntry>
<VarListEntry><Term>gencaches</Term>
@@ -170,6 +172,14 @@ Reverse Provides:
</itemizedlist>
</VarListEntry>
+ <VarListEntry><Term>showsrc</Term>
+ <ListItem><Para>
+ <literal/showsrc/ displays all the source package records that match
+ the given package names. All versions are shown, as well as all
+ records that declare the name to be a Binary.
+ named packages.
+ </VarListEntry>
+
<VarListEntry><Term>dump</Term>
<ListItem><Para>
<literal/dump/ shows a short listing of every package in the cache. It is