git-debrebase(1),(5): More changes from conversation with Sean

[dgit.git] / dgit-maint-merge.7.pod

diff --git a/dgit-maint-merge.7.pod b/dgit-maint-merge.7.pod
index 0040604632c655974ebc37bcc20c3372043598f6..2674d66dee14de119ff5559c52a381244362c02f 100644 (file)
--- a/dgit-maint-merge.7.pod
+++ b/dgit-maint-merge.7.pod
@@ -300,9 +300,14 @@ A single combined diff, containing all the changes, follows.
 
 =back
 
-Alternatively, this text could be added to README.source. However,
-this might distract from more important information present in the
-latter file.
+If you are using the version 1.0 source package format, this text
+should be added to README.source instead.  The version 1.0 source
+package format ignores debian/source/patch-header.
+
+If you're using the version 3.0 (quilt) source package format, you
+could add this text to README.source instead of
+debian/source/patch-header, but this might distract from more
+important information present in README.source.
 
 =head1 BUILDING AND UPLOADING