.BR \-i [\fIregexp\fP]
You may specify a perl regular expression to match files you want
filtered out of the list of files for the diff. (This list is
-generated by a find command.) \fB\-i\fR by itself enables the option,
+generated by a find command.) \fB\-i\fP by itself enables the option,
with a default that will filter out control files and directories of the
most common revision control systems, backup and swap files and Libtool
build output directories. There can only be one active regexp, of multiple
-\-i options only the last one will take effect.
-
+\fB\-i\fP options only the last one will take effect.
This is very helpful in cutting out extraneous files that get included
in the diff, e.g. if you maintain your source in a revision control
a .tar.gz file. The option may be repeated multiple times to list multiple
patterns to exclude.
-\fB\-I\fR by itself adds default \-\-exclude options that will
+\fB\-I\fP by itself adds default \-\-exclude options that will
filter out control files and directories of the most common revision
control systems, backup and swap files and Libtool build output
directories.
.TP
.B \-ss
Specifies that the original source is available both as a directory
-and as a tarfile. If will use the directory to create the diff, but
+and as a tarfile. dpkg-source will use the directory to create the diff, but
the tarfile to create the
.BR .dsc .
This option must be used with care - if the directory and tarfile do