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diff --git a/dgit.1 b/dgit.1
index d5ef930..e7ab454 100644
--- a/dgit.1
+++ b/dgit.1
@@ -124,6 +124,11 @@ NB: dgit checkout will only do a fetch if it has to.
 If you already have the suite branch,
 and want to merge your branch with updates from the archive,
 use dgit pull.
+
+dgit checkout will normally need to aceess the archive server,
+to canonicalise the provided suite name.
+The exception is if you specify the canonical name,
+and the branch (or tracking branch) already exists.
 .TP
 \fBdgit build\fR ...
 Runs