X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/apt.git/blobdiff_plain/a8275acf87cf15992e6b89694d6276e0a5e529b9..6f35be91c9e86e463bca7df6eadf05412c7b732c:/doc/apt-cache.8.xml

diff --git a/doc/apt-cache.8.xml b/doc/apt-cache.8.xml
index b649149af..4e2de26bc 100644
--- a/doc/apt-cache.8.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-cache.8.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
    &apt-email;
    &apt-product;
    <!-- The last update date -->
-   <date>2012-06-09T00:00:00Z</date>
+   <date>2015-10-27T00:00:00Z</date>
  </refentryinfo>
  
  <refmeta>
@@ -32,10 +32,16 @@
  &synopsis-command-apt-cache;
 
  <refsect1><title>Description</title>
-   <para><command>apt-cache</command> performs a variety of operations on APT's package 
-   cache. <command>apt-cache</command> does not manipulate the state of the system 
-   but does provide operations to search and generate interesting output 
-   from the package metadata.</para>
+    <para>
+       <command>apt-cache</command> performs a variety of operations on APT's
+       package cache. <command>apt-cache</command> does not manipulate the
+       state of the system but does provide operations to search and generate
+       interesting output from the package metadata. The metadata is acquired
+       and updated via the 'update' command of e.g. <command>apt-get</command>,
+       so that it can be outdated if the last update is too long ago, but in
+       exchange <command>apt-cache</command> works independently of the
+       availability of the configured sources (e.g. offline).
+    </para>
 
    <para>Unless the <option>-h</option>, or <option>--help</option> option is given, one of the
    commands below must be present.</para>
@@ -293,8 +299,8 @@ Reverse Provides:
      <varlistentry><term><option>--implicit</option></term>
 	<listitem><para>Per default <command>depends</command> and <command>rdepends</command>
 	      print only dependencies explicitly expressed in the metadata. With this flag
-	      it will also show dependencies implicitely added based on the encountered data.
-	      A <literal>Conflicts: foo</literal> e.g. expresses implicitely that this package
+	      it will also show dependencies implicitly added based on the encountered data.
+	      A <literal>Conflicts: foo</literal> e.g. expresses implicitly that this package
 	      also conflicts with the package foo from any other architecture.
 	      Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Cache::ShowImplicit</literal>.
 	</para></listitem>