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diff --git a/dgit-maint-merge.7.pod b/dgit-maint-merge.7.pod
index 83bc9736..901707e6 100644
--- a/dgit-maint-merge.7.pod
+++ b/dgit-maint-merge.7.pod
@@ -40,10 +40,7 @@ This workflow is less suitable for some packages.
 When the Debian delta contains multiple pieces which interact,
 or which you aren't going to be able to upstream soon,
 it might be preferable to
-maintain the delta as a rebasing patch series,
-to facilitate
-reviewing/upstreaming/dropping
-individual pieces.
+maintain the delta as a rebasing patch series.
 For such a workflow see for example
 dgit-maint-gbp(7).
 
@@ -208,9 +205,14 @@ Then make new upstream tags available:
 
 =back
 
+=for dgit-test dpkg-source-ignores begin
+
 Now you simply need to ensure that your git HEAD is dgit-compatible,
-i.e., it is exactly what you would get if you ran B<dpkg-buildpackage
--i\.git/ -I.git -S> and then unpacked the resultant source package.
+i.e., it is exactly what you would get if you ran
+B<dpkg-buildpackage -i'(?:^|/)\.git(?:/|$)' -I.git -S>
+and then unpacked the resultant source package.
+
+=for dgit-test dpkg-source-ignores end
 
 To achieve this, you might need to delete
 I<debian/source/local-options>.  One way to have dgit check your
@@ -255,15 +257,14 @@ first upload of upstream version 1.2.3, you could use:
 
 =over 4
 
-    % git clone https://git.dgit.debian.org/
+    % git clone https://git.dgit.debian.org/foo
     % cd foo
     % git log --oneline 1.2.3..debian/1.2.3-1 -- . ':!debian'
 
 =back
 
-See dgit-maint-merge(7) for more information.
-(If you have dgit, use dgit clone foo,
-rather than plain git clone.)
+(If you have dgit, use `dgit clone foo`,
+rather than plain `git clone`.)
 
 A single combined diff, containing all the changes, follows.