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diff --git a/dgit.1 b/dgit.1
index 2976e136..a4b16943 100644
--- a/dgit.1
+++ b/dgit.1
@@ -199,11 +199,12 @@ You probably want to pass -A, to request those.
 Tagging, signing and actually uploading should be left to dgit push.
 .TP
 \fBdgit pbuilder\fR [\fIdebbuildopts\fP]
-Like \fBdgit sbuild\fR, but uses
-.B pbuilder
-instead of
-.BR sbuild ,
-and builds arch-independent packages by default.
+Constructs the source package, uses
+.B  pbuilder
+to do a binary build, and uses mergechanges to merge the source and
+binary changes files.
+The output is left in
+.IR package \fB_\fR version \fB_multi.changes\fR.
 
 You should ensure that your dgit --build-products-dir setting matches
 your pbuilder --buildresult.
@@ -211,7 +212,7 @@ your pbuilder --buildresult.
 The \fIdebbuildopts\fP are passed to pbuilder using its --debbuildopts
 option.  If you want to pass other options to pbuilder, use the
 \fB--pbuilder:\fR dgit option as described below
-(recalling that dgit options should appear between \fBdgit\fR and
+(remember that dgit options should appear between \fBdgit\fR and
 \fBpbuilder\fR).
 
 You should ensure that in your pbuilderrc you do
@@ -876,14 +877,20 @@ Note that \fBdgit push-source\fR will always find the right .changes,
 regardless of this option.
 .TP
 .BI --build-products-dir= directory
-Specifies where to find the built files to be uploaded.
-By default, dgit looks in the parent directory
+Specifies where to find and create tarballs, binry packages,
+source packages, .changes files, and so on.
+
+By default, dgit uses the parent directory
 .RB ( .. ).
 
-Also see the
+Changing this setting may necessitate
+moving .orig tarballs to the new directory,
+so it is probably best to
+use the
 .BI dgit.default.build-products-dir
-configuration option
-(which this command line option overrides).
+configuration setting
+(see CONFIGURATION, below)
+which this command line option overrides).
 .TP
 .BI --no-rm-on-error
 Do not delete the destination directory if clone fails.