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index 05a81d378..d0ca4fd69 100644
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@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
<arg>depends <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
<arg>pkgnames <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>prefix</replaceable></arg></arg>
<arg>dotty <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
+ <arg>policy <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkgs</replaceable></arg></arg>
</group>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
@@ -242,6 +243,13 @@ Reverse Provides:
<para>
Caution, dotty cannot graph larger sets of packages.
+
+ <VarListEntry><Term>policy</Term>
+ <ListItem><Para>
+ <literal/policy/ is ment to help debug issues relating to the
+ preferences file. With no arguments it will print out the
+ priorities of each source. Otherwise it prints out detailed information
+ about the priority selection of the named package.
</VarListEntry>
</VariableList>
</RefSect1>