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diff --git a/git-debrebase.1.pod b/git-debrebase.1.pod
index 04a57ee2..00b664b7 100644
--- a/git-debrebase.1.pod
+++ b/git-debrebase.1.pod
@@ -254,18 +254,39 @@ If the problem is simply that
 the existing patches were not made by git-debrebase,
 using dgit quilt-fixup instead should succeed.
 
+=item git-debrebase convert-from-unapplied [<upstream-commit-ish>]
+
 =item git-debrebase convert-from-gbp [<upstream-commit-ish>]
 
-Cnnverts a gbp patches-unapplied branch
-(not a gbp pq patch queue branch)
-into a git-debrebase interchange branch.
+Cnnverts any of the following into a git-debrebase interchange branch:
+
+=over
+
+=item
+
+a gbp patches-unapplied branch (but not a gbp pq patch-queue branch)
+
+=item
+
+a patches-unapplied git packaging branch containing debian/patches,
+as used with quilt
+
+=item
+
+a git branch for a package which has no Debian delta -
+ie where upstream files are have not been modified in Debian,
+so there are no patches
+
+=back
+
+(These two commands operate identically and are simply aliases.)
 
-This is done by generating a new anchor merge,
-converting the quilt patches as a delta queue,
+The conversion is done by generating a new anchor merge,
+converting any quilt patches as a delta queue,
 and dropping the patches from the tree.
 
 The upstream commit-ish should correspond to
-the gbp upstream branch, if there is one.
+the upstream branch or tag, if there is one.
 It is a snag if it is not an ancestor of HEAD,
 or if the history between the upstream and HEAD
 contains commits which make changes to upstream files.
@@ -284,14 +305,14 @@ and if it finds it will make a pseduomerge so that
 your new git-debrebase view is appropriately fast forward.
 
 The result is a well-formed git-debrebase interchange branch.
-The result is also fast-forward from the gbp branch.
+The result is also fast-forward from the original branch.
 
 It is a snag if the new branch looks like it will have diverged,
 just as for a laundering/unstitching call to git-debrebase;
 See L</Establish the current branch's ffq-prev>, below.
 
 Note that it is dangerous not to know whether you are
-dealing with a gbp patches-unapplied branch containing quilt patches,
+dealing with a (gbp) patches-unapplied branch containing quilt patches,
 or a git-debrebase interchange branch.
 At worst,
 using the wrong tool for the branch format might result in