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diff --git a/dgit.1 b/dgit.1
index 6d46b20a..56ba402f 100644
--- a/dgit.1
+++ b/dgit.1
@@ -39,10 +39,11 @@ This is the command line reference.
 Please read the tutorial(s):
 .TS
 lb l.
-dgit-user(7)	for users: editing, building and sharing packages
-dgit-nmu-simple(7)	for DDs: doing a straightforward NMU
+dgit-user(7)	for users: edit, build and share packages
+dgit-nmu-simple(7)	for DDs: do a straightforward NMU
 dgit-maint-native(7)	for maintainers of Debian-native packages
-dgit-maint-merge(7)	for maintainers who want a pure git workflow
+dgit-maint-debrebase(7)	for maintainers: a pure-git rebasish workflow
+dgit-maint-merge(7)	for maintainers: a pure-git merging workflow
 dgit-maint-gbp(7)	for maintainers already using git-buildpackage
 dgit-sponsorship(7)	for sponsors and sponsored contributors
 .TE
@@ -185,14 +186,19 @@ archive.
 dgit push always uses the package, suite and version specified in the
 debian/changelog and the .dsc, which must agree.  If the command line
 specifies a suite then that must match too.
+
+With \fB-C\fR, performs a dgit push, additionally ensuring that no
+binary packages are uploaded.
+
+When used on a git-debrebase branch,
+dgit calls git-debrebase
+to prepare the branch
+for source package upload and push.
 .TP
 \fBdgit push-source\fR [\fIsuite\fP]
 Without \fB-C\fR, builds a source package and dgit pushes it.  Saying
 \fBdgit push-source\fR is like saying "update the source code in the
 archive to match my git HEAD, and let the autobuilders do the rest."
-
-With \fB-C\fR, performs a dgit push, additionally ensuring that no
-binary packages are uploaded.
 .TP
 \fBdgit rpush\fR \fIbuild-host\fR\fB:\fR\fIbuild-dir\fR [\fIpush args...\fR]
 Pushes the contents of the specified directory on a remote machine.
@@ -286,6 +292,15 @@ new quilt patch.  dgit cannot convert nontrivial merges, or certain
 other kinds of more exotic history.  If dgit can't find a suitable
 linearisation of your history, by default it will fail, but you can
 ask it to generate a single squashed patch instead.
+
+When used with a git-debrebase branch,
+dgit will ask git-debrebase to prepare patches.
+However,
+dgit can make patches in some situations where git-debrebase fails,
+so dgit quilt-fixup can be useful in its own right.
+To always use dgit's own patch generator
+instead of git-debrebase make-patches,
+pass --git-debrebase=true to dgit.
 .TP
 \fBdgit import-dsc\fR [\fIsub-options\fR] \fI../path/to/.dsc\fR [\fB+\fR|\fB..\fR]branch
 Import a Debian-format source package,
@@ -825,6 +840,7 @@ Specifies a single additional option to pass to
 .BR sbuild ,
 .BR ssh ,
 .BR dgit ,
+.BR git-debrebase ,
 .BR apt-get ,
 .BR apt-cache ,
 .BR gbp-pq ,
@@ -872,6 +888,7 @@ Specifies alternative programs to use instead of
 .BR gpg ,
 .BR ssh ,
 .BR dgit ,
+.BR git-debrebase ,
 .BR apt-get ,
 .BR apt-cache ,
 .BR git ,