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diff --git a/dgit-maint-debrebase.7.pod b/dgit-maint-debrebase.7.pod
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+++ b/dgit-maint-debrebase.7.pod
@@ -559,6 +559,12 @@ git-debrebase(1). You should not make changes there. They will
either cause trouble, or be ignored and overwritten by
git-debrebase(1).
+I<debian/patches> will often be out-of-date because git-debrebase(1)
+will only regenerate it when it needs to. So you should not rely on
+the information in that directory. When preparing patches to forward
+upstream, you should use git-format-patch(1) on git commits, rather
+than sending files from I<debian/patches>.
+
=head2 Upstream branches
Except in the case where upstream releases only tarballs, we do not