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diff --git a/make-jpkg.1 b/make-jpkg.1
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--- a/make-jpkg.1
+++ b/make-jpkg.1
@@ -16,20 +16,24 @@
 .\" .sp <n>    insert n+1 empty lines
 .\" for manpage-specific macros, see man(7)
 .SH NAME
-make-jpkg \- build Debian packages from Java binary distributions
+make-jpkg \- builds Debian packages from Java binary distributions
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B make-jpkg
 [\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fIFILE\fR]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .\" TeX users may be more comfortable with the \fB<whatever>\fP and
-.\" \fI<whatever>\fP escape sequences to invode bold face and italics, 
+.\" \fI<whatever>\fP escape sequences to invode bold face and italics,
 .\" respectively.
 .PP
-\fBmake-jpkg\fP creates a Debian package from the given Java
+\fBmake-jpkg\fP builds a Debian package from the given Java
 distribution FILE.
-This program works currently with the following Java REs, SDKs and APIs archive files:
- Oracle(TM) 6 Standard Edition (starting with update 10)
- Oracle(TM) 7 Standard Edition
+.PP
+Supported java binary distributions currently include:
+  * Oracle (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads) :
+    - The Java Development Kit (JDK), version 6, 7 and 8
+    - The Java Runtime Environment (JRE), version 6, 7 and 8
+    - The Java API Javadoc, version 6, 7 and 8
+  (Choose tar.gz archives or self-extracting archives, do _not_ choose the RPM!)
 .PP
 The following options are recognized:
 .TP
@@ -45,23 +49,31 @@ create a .changes file
 .B --revision
 add debian revision
 .TP
+.B --source
+build a source package instead of a binary deb package
+.TP
+.B --with-system-certs
+Replace the JVMs keystore with a softlink to the system's keystore,
+(/etc/ssl/certs/java/cacerts) which is managed automatically by the
+ca-certificates and ca-certificates-java packages.
+.TP
 .B --help
 display help text and exit
 .TP
 .B --version
 output version information and exit
 .PP
-Download a supported Java RE or SDK or API tar.gz or self-extracting archive from
+Download a supported JRE, JDK, API tar.gz or self-extracting archive from
 .B http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads
 and execute
 .B make-jpkg
 .I file
 with the downloaded file. The program asks the user for additional
-information and creates a Debian binary package in the current
+information and builds a Debian binary package in the current
 directory.
 .PP
 The program requires about 200 MB free disk space in a temporary
-directory. The temporary directory defaults to 
+directory. The temporary directory defaults to
 .I /tmp
 but you can specify an alternate directory by setting the environment
 variable \fITMPDIR\fR.
@@ -72,11 +84,11 @@ make-jpkg <path_to_download_directory>/jdk-7u2-linux-x64.tar.gz
 .PP
 This generate a Debian package in the current directory, that can be installed using dpkg:
 .IP
-dpkg -i oracle-j2sdk1.7_1.7.0+update2_amd64.deb
+dpkg \-i oracle-java7-jdk_7u2_amd64.deb
 .PP
-When you're done, you can remove initial download as well as generated package:
+When you're done, you can delete initial download as well as generated package:
 .IP
-rm <path_to_download_directory>/jdk-7u2-linux-x64.tar.gz oracle-j2sdk1.7_1.7.0+update2_amd64.deb
+rm <path_to_download_directory>/jdk-7u2-linux-x64.tar.gz oracle-java7-jdk_7u2_amd64.deb
 .PP
 .SH ENVIRONMENT
 .TP