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diff --git a/dgit.7 b/dgit.7
index c3e58185..09bb8f44 100644
--- a/dgit.7
+++ b/dgit.7
@@ -221,6 +221,22 @@ they can cause trouble,
 because the working tree files can differ from
 the git revision history
 (and therefore from the source packages).
+
+So dgit clone
+and dgit setup-new-tree
+disable transforming gitattributes
+by default,
+by creating a .git/info/attributes.
+When fetching or importing sources
+dgit warns if it finds .gitattributes file
+and the transforming gitattributes have not been defused
+(e.g. in the case of a tree not made with dgit clone).
+
+See
+.B dgit setup-new-tree
+and
+.B dgit setup-gitattributes
+in dgit(1).
 .SH PACKAGE SOURCE FORMATS
 If you are not the maintainer, you do not need to worry about the
 source format of the package.  You can just make changes as you like