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diff --git a/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml b/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml
index 3e50bef8c..162c2f00e 100644
--- a/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml
+++ b/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ belongs. It is possible to single out a distribution, "the target release",
which receives a higher priority than other distributions do by default.
The target release can be set on the apt-get command
line or in the APT configuration file /etc/apt/apt.conf.
+Note that this has precedence over any general priority you set in the
+/etc/apt/preferences file described later, but not
+over specifically pinned packages.
For example,
@@ -143,10 +146,11 @@ separated by blank lines. Records can have one of two forms, a specific form
and a general form.
-The specific form assigns a priority (a "Pin-Priority") to a
-specified package and specified version or version range. For example,
+The specific form assigns a priority (a "Pin-Priority") to one or more
+specified packages and specified version or version range. For example,
the following record assigns a high priority to all versions of
-the perl package whose version number begins with "5.8".
+the perl package whose version number begins with "5.8".
+Multiple packages can be separated by spaces.
Package: perl
@@ -421,7 +425,7 @@ one or more lines beginning with the word Explanation:.
This provides a place for comments.
The Pin-Priority: line in each APT preferences record is
-optional. If omitted, APT assigs a priority of 1 less than the last value
+optional. If omitted, APT assigns a priority of 1 less than the last value
specified on a line beginning with Pin-Priority: release ....