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diff --git a/git-debrebase.1.pod b/git-debrebase.1.pod
index 4d1a6736..db22fa5d 100644
--- a/git-debrebase.1.pod
+++ b/git-debrebase.1.pod
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ The options for git-rebase must either start with C<-i>,
 or be prececded by C<-->,
 to distinguish them from options for git-debrebase.
 
+It is hazardous to use plain git-rebase on a git-debrebase branch,
+because git-rebase has a tendency to start the rebase
+too far back in history,
+and then drop important commits.
+Soo L<git-debrebase(5)/ILLEGAL OPERATIONS>
+
 =item git-debrebase status
 
 Analyses the current branch,
@@ -250,6 +256,8 @@ the gbp upstream branch, 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.
+If it is not specified,
+the same algorithm is used as for git-debrebase new-upstream.
 
 It is also a snag if the specified upstream
 has a debian/ subdirectory.
@@ -257,11 +265,20 @@ This check exists to detect certain likely user errors,
 but if this situation is true and expected,
 forcing it is fine.
 
+git-debrebase will try to look for the dgit archive view
+of the most recent release,
+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.
 
+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-unappled 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