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diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
index 3a4549a80..f5e1f966d 100644
--- a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
+++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
@@ -98,8 +98,7 @@ APT {
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
</programlisting></informalexample>
- <para>In general the sample configuration file in
- <filename>&docdir;examples/apt.conf</filename> &configureindex;
+ <para>In general the sample configuration file &configureindex;
is a good guide for how it should look.</para>
<para>Case is not significant in names of configuration items, so in the
@@ -691,11 +690,17 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
will abort. APT will pass the filenames of all .deb files it is going to
install to the commands, one per line on standard input.</para>
- <para>Version 2 of this protocol dumps more information, including the
+ <para>Version 2 of this protocol dumps more information, including the
protocol version, the APT configuration space and the packages, files
- and versions being changed. Version 2 is enabled by setting
- <literal>DPkg::Tools::options::cmd::Version</literal> to 2. <literal>cmd</literal> is a
- command given to <literal>Pre-Install-Pkgs</literal>.</para></listitem>
+ and versions being changed. Version 3 adds the architecture and <literal>MultiArch</literal>
+ flag to each version being dumped.</para>
+
+ <para>The version of the protocol to be used for the command
+ <literal><replaceable>cmd</replaceable></literal> can be chosen by setting
+ <literal>DPkg::Tools::options::<replaceable>cmd</replaceable>::Version</literal>
+ accordingly, the default being version 1. If APT isn't supporting the requested
+ version it will send the information in the highest version it has support for instead.
+ </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><option>Run-Directory</option></term>