- <varlistentry><term>gencaches</term>
- <listitem><para><literal>gencaches</literal> performs the same operation as
- <command>apt-get check</command>. It builds the source and package caches from
- the sources in &sources-list; and from
- <filename>/var/lib/dpkg/status</filename>.</para></listitem>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>gencaches</option></term>
+ <listitem><para><literal>gencaches</literal> creates APT's package cache. This is done
+ implicitly by all commands needing this cache if it is missing or outdated.</para></listitem>