From 95fe9cac1443316cff19c2152b04c0af0ca103d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2018 08:24:59 +0000
Subject: clarification

do not suggest that 'source' and 'build-dep' arguments are binary
package names only
---
 doc/apt-get.8.xml | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

(limited to 'doc')

diff --git a/doc/apt-get.8.xml b/doc/apt-get.8.xml
index 244565877..541bf08ea 100644
--- a/doc/apt-get.8.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-get.8.xml
@@ -165,8 +165,8 @@
      the <option>-t</option> option or per package with the
      <literal>pkg/release</literal> syntax, if possible.</para>
 
-    <para>The arguments are interpreted as binary package names. See the
-    <option>--only-source</option> option.</para>
+    <para>The arguments are interpreted as binary and source package names.
+    See the <option>--only-source</option> option if you want to change that.</para>
 
      <para>Source packages are tracked separately
      from binary packages via <literal>deb-src</literal> lines 
@@ -197,7 +197,8 @@
      attempt to satisfy the build dependencies for a source package. By default the dependencies are
      satisfied to build the package natively. If desired a host-architecture can be specified
      with the <option>--host-architecture</option> option instead.</para><para>The arguments are
-     interpreted as binary package names. See the <option>--only-source</option> option.</para></listitem>
+     interpreted as binary or source package names. See the <option>--only-source</option>
+     option if you want to change that.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
      <varlistentry><term><option>check</option></term>
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