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diff --git a/git-debrebase.1.pod b/git-debrebase.1.pod
index 9f82a7c3..5da53202 100644
--- a/git-debrebase.1.pod
+++ b/git-debrebase.1.pod
@@ -188,6 +188,27 @@ that its command line syntax is optimal.
 We may want to introduce an incompatible replacement syntax
 under the name C<new-upstream>.
 
+=item git-debrebase make-patches
+
+Generate patches in debian/patches/
+representing the changes made to upstream files.
+
+It is not normally necessary to run this command explicitly.
+When uploading to Debian,
+dgit and git-debrebase
+will cooperate to regenerate patches as necessary.
+When working with pure git remotes,
+the patches are not needed.
+
+Normally git-debrebase make-patches will
+require a laundered branch.
+(A laundered branch does not contain any patches.)
+But if there are already some patches made by
+git-debrebase make-patches,
+and all that has happened is that more
+changes to upstream files have been committed,
+running it again can add the missing patches.
+
 =item git-debrebase convert-from-gbp [<upstream-commit-ish>]
 
 Cnnverts a gbp patches-unapplied branch