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index 3e50bef8c..ab0107d36 100644
--- a/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml
+++ b/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml
@@ -143,10 +143,11 @@ separated by blank lines. Records can have one of two forms, a specific form
and a general form.
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
-<simpara>The specific form assigns a priority (a "Pin-Priority") to a
-specified package and specified version or version range. For example,
+<simpara>The specific form assigns a priority (a "Pin-Priority") to one or more
+specified packages and specified version or version range. For example,
the following record assigns a high priority to all versions of
-the <filename>perl</filename> package whose version number begins with "<literal>5.8</literal>".</simpara>
+the <filename>perl</filename> package whose version number begins with "<literal>5.8</literal>".
+Multiple packages can be separated by spaces.</simpara>
<programlisting>
Package: perl
@@ -183,7 +184,7 @@ belonging to any distribution whose Archive name is "<literal>unstable</literal>
<programlisting>
Package: *
Pin: release a=unstable
-Pin-Priority: 50
+Pin-Priority: 500
</programlisting>
<simpara>The following record assigns a high priority to all package versions