Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.

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diff --git a/pkgs.dbk b/pkgs.dbk
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@@ -2095,7 +2095,9 @@ co-maintainers.
 Generally there is a primary maintainer and one or more co-maintainers.  The
 primary maintainer is the person whose name is listed in the
 <literal>Maintainer</literal> field of the <filename>debian/control</filename>
-file.  Co-maintainers are all the other maintainers.
+file.  Co-maintainers are all the other maintainers,
+usually listed in the <literal>Uploaders</literal> field of the
+<filename>debian/control</filename> file.
 </para>
 <para>
 In its most basic form, the process of adding a new co-maintainer is quite