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diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
index 1835f2282..6590c9795 100644
--- a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
+++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ APT {
</programlisting></informalexample>
<para>with newlines placed to make it more readable. Lists can be created by
- opening a scope and including a single word enclosed in quotes followed by a
+ opening a scope and including a single string enclosed in quotes followed by a
semicolon. Multiple entries can be included, each separated by a semicolon.</para>
<informalexample><programlisting>
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
<para>Two specials are allowed, <literal>#include</literal> and <literal>#clear</literal>
<literal>#include</literal> will include the given file, unless the filename
ends in a slash, then the whole directory is included.
- <literal>#clear</literal> is used to erase a list of names.</para>
+ <literal>#clear</literal> is used to erase a part of the configuration tree. The
+ specified element and all its descendents are erased.</para>
<para>All of the APT tools take a -o option which allows an arbitrary configuration
directive to be specified on the command line. The syntax is a full option
@@ -173,7 +174,7 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
<variablelist>
<varlistentry><term>PDiffs</term>
- <listitem><para>Try do download deltas called <literal>PDiffs</literal> for
+ <listitem><para>Try to download deltas called <literal>PDiffs</literal> for
Packages or Sources files instead of downloading whole ones. True
by default.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -683,7 +684,7 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
<term><literal>Debug::pkgInitConfig</literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Dump the default configuration to standard output on
+ Dump the default configuration to standard error on
startup.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -766,6 +767,8 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+<!-- 2009/07/11 Currently used nowhere. The corresponding code
+is commented.
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>Debug::Vendor</literal></term>
@@ -775,6 +778,7 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+-->
</variablelist>
</refsect1>