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diff --git a/dgit.1 b/dgit.1
index c261300f..61c4aa3e 100644
--- a/dgit.1
+++ b/dgit.1
@@ -481,10 +481,11 @@ remote.  This refers to the well-known dgit-repos location
 (currently, the dgit-repos project on Alioth).  dgit fetch updates
 the remote tracking branch for dgit/suite.
 
-dgit does not (currently) represent the orig tarball(s) in git; nor
-does it represent the patch statck of a `3.0 (quilt)' package.  The
-orig tarballs are downloaded and kept in the parent directory, as with
-a traditional (non-gitish) dpkg-source workflow.
+dgit does not (currently) represent the orig tarball(s) in git.  The
+orig tarballs are downloaded (by dgit clone) into the parent
+directory, as with a traditional (non-gitish) dpkg-source workflow.
+You need to retain these tarballs in the parent directory for dgit
+build and dgit push.
 
 To a user looking at the archive, changes pushed using dgit look like
 changes made in an NMU: in a `3.0 (quilt)' package the delta from the
@@ -612,11 +613,11 @@ on the dgit command line.
 .TP
 .BI dgit-distro. distro .archive-query-default-component
 .TP
-.BI dgit-distro. distro .sshdakls-user
+.BI dgit-distro. distro .sshpsql-user
 .TP
-.BI dgit-distro. distro .sshdakls-host
+.BI dgit-distro. distro .sshpsql-host
 .TP
-.BI dgit-distro. distro .sshdakls-dir
+.BI dgit-distro. distro .sshpsql-dbname
 .TP
 .BI dgit-distro. distro .ssh
 .TP
@@ -658,7 +659,8 @@ by default.
 
 Debian does not have a working rmadison server, so to find out what
 version of a package is in the archive, or to canonicalise suite
-names, we ssh directly into the ftpmaster server.
+names, we ssh directly into the ftpmaster server and run psql there to
+access the database.
 
 The mechanism for checking for and creating per-package repos on
 alioth is a hideous bodge.  One consequence is that dgit currently
@@ -698,16 +700,11 @@ There should be an option which arranges for the `3.0 (quilt)'
 autocommit to not appear on your HEAD, but instead only in the
 remote tracking suite branch.
 
-There should at the very least be some advice in the manpage about how
-to use dgit when the signing key is not available on the same machine
-as the build host.
-
 The option parser requires values to be cuddled to the option name.
 
-dgit assumes knowledge of the archive layout.  There appears to be no
-sane way to find the path in the archive pool of the .dsc for a
-particular suite.  I'm assured that the archive layout is a
-`well known algorithm' by now.
+dgit assumes knowledge of the archive database.  (The information dgit
+needs is not currently available via any public online service with a
+well-defined interface, let alone a secure one.)
 
 --dry-run does not always work properly, as not doing some of the git
 fetches may result in subsequent actions being different.  Doing a