3 files changed, 11 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/doc/examples/sources.list b/doc/examples/sources.list
deleted file mode 100644
index 1aa3d6865..000000000
--- a/doc/examples/sources.list
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-# See sources.list(5) for more information, especialy
-# Remember that you can only use http, ftp or file URIs
-# CD-ROMs are managed through the apt-cdrom tool.
-deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
-deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free
-
-# Uncomment if you want the apt-get source function to work
-#deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
-#deb-src http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free
diff --git a/doc/examples/sources.list.in b/doc/examples/sources.list.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..745e32cbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/examples/sources.list.in
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# See sources.list(5) manpage for more information
+# Remember that CD-ROMs, DVDs and such are managed through the apt-cdrom tool.
+deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian &stable-codename; main contrib non-free
+deb http://security.debian.org &stable-codename;/updates main contrib non-free
+
+# Uncomment if you want the apt-get source function to work
+#deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian &stable-codename; main contrib non-free
+#deb-src http://security.debian.org &stable-codename;/updates main contrib non-free
diff --git a/doc/makefile b/doc/makefile
index 7b49ac269..220a6160d 100644
--- a/doc/makefile
+++ b/doc/makefile
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ endif
 SOURCE = apt.8
 include $(MANPAGE_H)
 
+examples/sources.list: examples/sources.list.in apt-verbatim.ent
+	sed -e 's#&stable-codename;#$(shell grep --max-count=1 '^<!ENTITY stable-codename "' apt-verbatim.ent | cut -d'"' -f 2)#g' examples/sources.list.in > examples/sources.list
+
 # Examples
 SOURCE = examples/apt.conf examples/sources.list examples/configure-index examples/apt-https-method-example.conf
 TO = $(DOC)