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diff --git a/dh_installdebconf b/dh_installdebconf
index 2b6bdc70..0d83eea0 100755
--- a/dh_installdebconf
+++ b/dh_installdebconf
@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@ Note that if you use debconf, your package probably needs to depend on it
=head1 LOCALIZED TEMPLATE FILES
Debconf also supports localized template files, and this program has some
-support to aid working with them. You may find it easiest to keep the
-translations in separate files, and merge them only at build time. See
+support to aid working with them. It is best to keep the translations in
+separate files, and merge them only at build time. See
L<debconf-mergetemplate(1)> and L<debconf-getlang(1)> for details.
This program will automatically call debconf-mergetemplate and merge
templates on the fly if it finds your template files are accompanied
by translated files that have the same name as the template file, with a
-dot and a locale name repended.
+dot and a locale name prepended.
For example, if you have a German translation,
debian/package.templates.de is merged with debian/package.templates.
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ foreach my $package (@{$dh{DOPACKAGES}}) {
# Are there translated templates too?
my @trans=(glob("$templates.??"), glob("$templates.??_??"));
if (@trans) {
- complex_doit("debconf-mergetemplate @extraparams @trans $templates > $tmp/DEBIAN/templates");
+ complex_doit("debconf-mergetemplate --drop-old-templates @extraparams @trans $templates > $tmp/DEBIAN/templates");
chmod 0644, "$tmp/DEBIAN/templates";
chown 0, 0, "$tmp/DEBIAN/templates";
}