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@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ directory (or wherever you've told it to look using B<--sourcedir>).
Lists example files or directories to be installed.
+If upstream provides an F<examples> directory, you will often want to use B<examples/*> rather
+than B<examples> in this file. The latter would create
+F<< /usr/share/doc/I<package>/examples/examples >>, which is rarely what you want.
+
Supports substitution variables in compat 13 and later as
documented in L<debhelper(7)>.