-To help with starting work on including a new application, @code{fdroid import}
-will take a URL and optionally some other parameters, and attempt to construct
-as much information as possible by analysing the source code. Basic usage is:
+To help with starting work on including a new application, use
+@code{fdroid import} to set up a new template project. It has two
+modes of operation, starting with a cloned git repo:
+
+@example
+git clone https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient
+cd fdroidclient
+fdroid import
+@end example
+
+Or starting with a URL to a project page: