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diff --git a/dgit.7 b/dgit.7
index c1509212..d1e5c7ea 100644
--- a/dgit.7
+++ b/dgit.7
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ or to try to upload to it.
 
 When using this facility, it is important to always specify the
 same suites in the same order:
-dgit will not be make a coherent fast-forwarding history
+dgit will not make a coherent fast-forwarding history
 view otherwise.
 
 The history generated by this feature is not normally suitable
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ pushing.  The only thing you need to know is that dgit build, sbuild,
 etc., may make new commits on your HEAD.  If you're not a quilt user
 this commit won't contain any changes to files you care about.
 
-Simply commiting to source files
+Simply committing to source files
 (whether in debian/ or not, but not to patches)
 will result in a branch that dgit quilt-fixup can linearise.
 Other kinds of changes,
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ whose tree is identical to o+d/p in all upstream files.
 In the error message,
 696c9bd5..84ae8f96
 is the first commit child-parent edge
-which cannot be sensibly be
+which cannot sensibly be
 either ignored, or turned into a patch in debian/patches.
 In this example, this is because
 it itself changes files in debian/patches,
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ this problem can occur if you have provided
 Debian git tooling such as git-debrebase, git-dpm or git-buildpackage
 with upstream git commit(s) or tag(s)
 which are not 100% identical to your orig tarball(s).
-.SH SPLIT VIEW QUILT MODE
+.SH SPLIT VIEW AND SPLITTING QUILT MODES
 When working with git branches intended
 for use with the `3.0 (quilt)' source format
 dgit can automatically convert a suitable
@@ -401,21 +401,33 @@ maintainer-provided git branch
 (in one of a variety of formats)
 into a dgit branch.
 
-When a split view mode is engaged
+When a splitting quilt mode is selected
 dgit build commands and
 dgit push
 will, on each invocation,
 convert the user's HEAD into the dgit view,
 so that it can be built and/or uploaded.
 
-dgit push in split view mode will push the dgit view to the dgit
+Split view mode can also be enabled explicitly
+with
+the --split-view command line option
+and
+the .split-view access configuration key.
+
+When split view is in operation,
+regardless of the quilt mode,
+any dgit-generated pseudomerges
+and any quilt fixup commits
+will appear only in the dgit view.
+dgit push
+will push the dgit view to the dgit
 git server.
 The dgit view is always a descendant of the maintainer view.
 dgit push will also make a maintainer view tag
 according to DEP-14
 and push that to the dgit git server.
 
-Split view mode must be enabled explicitly
+Splitting quilt modes must be enabled explicitly
 (by the use of the applicable command line options,
 subcommands, or configuration).
 This is because it is not possible to reliably tell
@@ -447,7 +459,7 @@ As the maintainer you therefore have the following options:
 Delete the files from your git branches,
 and your Debian source packages,
 and carry the deletion as a delta from upstream.
-(With `3.0 (quilt)' this means represeting the deletions as patches.
+(With `3.0 (quilt)' this means representing the deletions as patches.
 You may need to pass --include-removal to dpkg-source --commit,
 or pass corresponding options to other tools.)
 This can make the Debian