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-.TH DH_INSTALLDOCS 1
+.TH DH_INSTALLDOCS 1 "" "Debhelper Commands" "Debhelper Commands"
 .SH NAME
 dh_installdocs \- install documentation into package build directories
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B dh_installdocs
-.I "[-v] [-a] [-i] [-ppackage] [file ...]"
+.I "[debhelper options] [-A] [-n] [file ...]"
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
 dh_installdocs is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing
-documentation into usr/doc/package in package build directories.
+documentation into usr/share/doc/package in package build directories.
 .P
 dh_installdocs automatically installs debian/copyright if it exists. If
-dh_installdocs is acting on multiple packages, debian/copyright files will be 
-installed into all packages.
+dh_installdocs is acting on multiple packages, debian/copyright files will be
+installed into all packages. However, if you need to have seperate copyright
+files for different binary packages, you can use files named 
+debian/package.copyright.
 .P
-Any filenames specified as parameters, as well as debian/README.debian and
-debian/TODO, if they exist, will be installed into the first binary
-package listed in debian/control, if dh_installdocs is acting on that
-package.
+Any filenames specified as parameters will be installed into the first
+package dh_installdocs is told to act on. By default, this is the first 
+binary package in debian/control, but if you use -p, -i, or -a flags, it 
+will be the first package specified by those flags.
 .P
-A file named debian/docs (for the first binary package in debian/control),
-or debian/package.docs (for each additional package in debian/control) can
-list other files to be installed.
+Also, debian/README.Debian (or debian/README.debian) and debian/TODO, if 
+they exist, will be installed into the first binary package listed in 
+debian/control, if dh_installdocs is acting on that package. Note that 
+debian/TODO will be installed named TODO.Debian, if the package is not a 
+debian native package. Also note that README.debian is installed as
+README.Debian, for consitency. Note that debian/package.README.Debian and
+debian/package.TODO can be used to specify files for subpackages.
+.P
+A file named debian/package.docs (debian/docs may be used for the first
+binary package in debian/control) can list other files to be installed.
+.P
+This program will automatically generate postinst and prerm commands to
+maintain a compatability symlink, /usr/doc/package, to the documentation in
+/usr/share/doc/package. See
+.BR dh_installdeb (1)
+for an explanation of how this works.
+.P
+A file named debian/package.doc-base (debian/doc-base may be used for the
+first binary package in debian/control), if it exists, will be installed as 
+a doc-base control file, and will make this program automatically generate the
+postinst and prerm commands needed to interface with the doc-base package. See
+.BR dh_installdeb (1)
+for an explanation of how this works.
+Note that the doc-id will be determined from the doc-base control file 
+in question.
+.PP
+If your package needs to register more
+than one document, you need multiple files. To accomplish this, you can use
+files named debian/package.doc-base.*
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
-.B \-v
-Verbose mode; show all commands that modify the package build directory.
+.B debhelper options
+See
+.BR debhelper (1)
+for a list of options common to all debhelper commands.
 .TP
-.B \-a
-Install files for all architecture dependent packages.
+.B \-A, \--all
+Install all files specified by command line parameters in ALL packages
+acted on.
 .TP
-.B \-i
-Install files for all architecture independent packages.
-.TP
-.B \-ppackage
-Install files for the package named "package".
+.B \-n, \--noscripts
+Do not modify postinst/prerm scripts.
 .TP
 .B file ...
-Install these files as documentation into the first binary package listed in
-debian/control, if we are acting on that package.
+Install these files as documentation into the first package acted on. (Or in
+all packages if -A is specified).
 .SH NOTES
-The
-.B \-a
-.B \-i
-and
-.B \-p
-arguments are cumulative. If none are specified, then all packages listed in
-the control file will be effected.
+Note that dh_installdocs will happily copy entire directory hierarchies if
+you ask it to (it uses cp -a internally). If it is asked to install a
+directory, it will install the complete contents of the directory.
 .SH ENVIRONMENT
-.TP
-.I DH_VERBOSE
-Enables verbose mode
+See
+.BR debhelper (1)
+for a list of environment variables that affect all debhelper commands.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
-.BR /usr/doc/debhelper/README
+.BR debhelper (1)
+.TP
+.BR install-docs (8)
 .SH BUGS
-Filenames with spaces in them will not currently be installed.
+It's impossible to specify filenames with spaces or other whitespace in them
+in debian/docs file. This is more a historical design flaw than a bug.
 .SH "CONFORMS TO"
-Debian policy, version 2.3.0.0
+Debian policy, version 3.0.1
 .SH AUTHOR
 Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org>