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diff --git a/doc/apt-config.8.xml b/doc/apt-config.8.xml
index 94aeec059..a8fb897ef 100644
--- a/doc/apt-config.8.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-config.8.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
&apt-email;
&apt-product;
<!-- The last update date -->
- <date>29 February 2004</date>
+ <date>2012-05-11T00:00:00Z</date>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
</para>
<variablelist>
- <varlistentry><term>shell</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>shell</option></term>
<listitem><para>
shell is used to access the configuration information from a shell
script. It is given pairs of arguments, the first being a shell
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ eval $RES
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>dump</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>dump</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Just show the contents of the configuration space.</para>
</listitem>
@@ -93,9 +93,10 @@ eval $RES
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--format '<replaceable>&percnt;f &#x0022;&percnt;v&#x0022;;&percnt;n</replaceable>'</option></term>
- <listitem><para>Defines the output of each config option. &percnt;t will be replaced with the tagname,
- &percnt;f with the complete tagname and &percnt;v with the value of the option.
- Use uppercase letters and the respective values will be quoted. Additionally
+ <listitem><para>Defines the output of each config option. &percnt;t will be replaced with the name of the option,
+ &percnt;f with the complete optionname and &percnt;v with the value of the option.
+ Use uppercase letters and special characters in the value will be encoded to ensure that
+ it can e.g. be savely used in a quoted-string as defined by RFC822. Additionally
&percnt;n will be replaced by a newline, &percnt;N by a tab. A &percnt; can be
printed by using &percnt;&percnt;.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>