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diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
index 4d9e708a8..1fe980d28 100644
--- a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
+++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ APT {
 </programlisting></informalexample>
 
    <para>with newlines placed to make it more readable. Lists can be created by 
-   opening a scope and including a single word enclosed in quotes followed by a 
+   opening a scope and including a single string enclosed in quotes followed by a
    semicolon. Multiple entries can be included, each separated by a semicolon.</para>
 
 <informalexample><programlisting>   
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
    <para>Two specials are allowed, <literal>#include</literal> and <literal>#clear</literal> 
    <literal>#include</literal> will include the given file, unless the filename
    ends in a slash, then the whole directory is included.  
-   <literal>#clear</literal> is used to erase a list of names.</para>
+   <literal>#clear</literal> is used to erase a part of the configuration tree. The
+   specified element and all its descendents are erased.</para>
 
    <para>All of the APT tools take a -o option which allows an arbitrary configuration 
    directive to be specified on the command line. The syntax is a full option
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
      
      <varlistentry><term>Default-Release</term>
 	 <listitem><para>Default release to install packages from if more than one
-	 version available. Contains release name or release version. Examples: 'stable', 'testing', 'unstable', '4.0', '5.0*'. Release codenames ('etch', 'lenny' etc.) are not allowed now. See also &apt-preferences;.</para></listitem>
+	 version available. Contains release name, codename or release version. Examples: 'stable', 'testing', 'unstable', 'lenny', 'squeeze', '4.0', '5.0*'. See also &apt-preferences;.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      
      <varlistentry><term>Ignore-Hold</term>
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
 
    <variablelist>
      <varlistentry><term>PDiffs</term>
-	 <listitem><para>Try do download deltas called <literal>PDiffs</literal> for
+	 <listitem><para>Try to download deltas called <literal>PDiffs</literal> for
 	 Packages or Sources files instead of downloading whole ones. True
 	 by default.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
@@ -684,12 +685,33 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
+     <varlistentry>
+       <term><literal>Debug::pkgDepCache::Marker</literal></term>
+       <listitem>
+        <para>
+           Generate debug messages describing which package is marked
+          as keep/install/remove while the ProblemResolver does his work.
+          Each addition or deletion may trigger additional actions;
+          they are shown indented two additional space under the original entry.
+          The format for each line is <literal>MarkKeep</literal>,
+          <literal>MarkDelete</literal> or <literal>MarkInstall</literal> followed by
+          <literal>package-name &lt;a.b.c -&gt; d.e.f | x.y.z&gt; (section)</literal>
+          where <literal>a.b.c</literal> is the current version of the package,
+          <literal>d.e.f</literal> is the version considered for installation and
+          <literal>x.y.z</literal> is a newer version, but not considered for installation
+          (because of a low pin score). The later two can be omitted if there is none or if
+          it is the same version as the installed.
+          <literal>section</literal> is the name of the section the package appears in.
+        </para>
+       </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
      <!-- Question: why doesn't this do anything?  The code says it should. -->
      <varlistentry>
        <term><literal>Debug::pkgInitConfig</literal></term>
        <listitem>
 	 <para>
-	   Dump the default configuration to standard output on
+	   Dump the default configuration to standard error on
 	   startup.
 	 </para>
        </listitem>
@@ -761,6 +783,17 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
+     <varlistentry>
+       <term><literal>Debug::pkgProblemResolver::ShowScores</literal></term>
+       <listitem>
+        <para>
+          Display a list of all installed packages with their calculated score
+          used by the pkgProblemResolver. The description of the package
+          is the same as described in <literal>Debug::pkgDepCache::Marker</literal>
+        </para>
+       </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
      <varlistentry>
        <term><literal>Debug::sourceList</literal></term>
 
@@ -772,6 +805,8 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
+<!-- 2009/07/11 Currently used nowhere. The corresponding code
+is commented.
      <varlistentry>
        <term><literal>Debug::Vendor</literal></term>
 
@@ -781,6 +816,7 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
 	 </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
+-->
    </variablelist>
  </refsect1>