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diff --git a/dgit.1 b/dgit.1
index 2233d959..1bf4a2c7 100644
--- a/dgit.1
+++ b/dgit.1
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ dgit \- git integration with the Debian archive
 .B dgit
 allows you to treat the Debian archive as if it were a git
 repository.
+Conversely,
+it allows Debian to publish the source of its packages
+as git branches, in a format which is directly useable
+by ordinary people.
 
 This is the command line reference.
 Please read the tutorial(s):
@@ -343,6 +347,13 @@ as actually being used on the dgit git server, as a git tree.
 Prints the url used by dgit clone-dgit-repos-server.
 This is hopefully suitable for use as a git remote url.
 It may not be useable in a browser.
+.TP
+.BI "dgit print-dpkg-source-ignores"
+Prints the -i and -I arguments which must be passed to dpkg-souce
+to cause it to exclude exactly the .git diredcory
+and nothing else.
+The separate arguments are unquoted, separated by spaces,
+and do not contain spaces.
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
 .BR --dry-run " | " -n