Clarify confold and confnew handling

diff --git a/man/en/dpkg.8.sgml b/man/en/dpkg.8.sgml
index 3e69063797df53ba0073fbb532a7be2e0729d2f1..fe4869ad38457a1208f2538ce46ecb279788daba 100644 (file)
--- a/man/en/dpkg.8.sgml
+++ b/man/en/dpkg.8.sgml
@@ -1048,7 +1048,9 @@
 
              <listitem><para>
                If a conffile has been modified always install the new
-               version without prompting.
+               version without prompting, unless the
+               <option>--force-confdef</option> is also specified, in
+               which case the default action is preferred.
              </para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>
 
@@ -1057,7 +1059,9 @@
 
              <listitem><para>
                If a conffile has been modified always keep the old version
-               without prompting.
+               without prompting, unless the <option>--force-confdef</option>
+               is also specified, in which case the default action is
+               preferred.
              </para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>