1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/doc/makepkg.conf.5.txt b/doc/makepkg.conf.5.txt
index 1a24641a..4172d219 100644
--- a/doc/makepkg.conf.5.txt
+++ b/doc/makepkg.conf.5.txt
@@ -177,7 +177,8 @@ Options
 
 	*debug*;;
 		Add the user-specified debug flags as specified in DEBUG_CFLAGS and
-		DEBUG_CXXFLAGS to their counterpart buildflags.
+		DEBUG_CXXFLAGS to their counterpart buildflags. Creates a separate
+		package containing the debug symbols with used with `strip'.
 
 **INTEGRITY_CHECK=(**check1 ...**)**::
 	File integrity checks to use. Multiple checks may be specified; this