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@@ -106,6 +106,16 @@ Lists all the names and email addresses of co-maintainers of the package,
in the same format as the \fBMaintainer\fP field.
Multiple co-maintainers should be separated by a comma.
.TP
+.BI Description " \fIshort-description\fP"
+.TQ
+.BI " " "long-description"
+The format for the source package description is a short brief summary on the
+first line (after the \fBDescription\fP field).
+The following lines should be used as a longer, more detailed description.
+Each line of the long description must be preceded by a space, and blank
+lines in the long description must contain a single ‘\fB.\fP’ following
+the preceding space.
+.TP
.BI Homepage: " url"
The upstream project home page \fIurl\fP.
.TP