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</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><option>--only-upgrade</option></term>
- <listitem><para>Do not install new packages; When used in conjunction with <literal>install</literal>,
- <literal>only-upgrade</literal> will prevent packages on the command line
- from being upgraded if they are not already installed.
+ <listitem><para>Do not install new packages; When used in conjunction
+ with <literal>install</literal>, <literal>only-upgrade</literal> will
+ install upgrades for already installed packages only and ignore requests
+ to install new packages.
Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Only-Upgrade</literal>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>