@@ -142,8 +142,9 @@ on the argument list.
142142List files installed to your system from I<package-name>. When multiple
143143I<package-name>s are listed, the requested lists of files are separated
144144by an empty line, with the same order as specified on the argument list.
145- However, note that files created by package-specific installation-scripts
146- are not listed.
145+
146+ This command will not list extra files created by maintainer scripts,
147+ nor will it list alternatives.
147148
148149=item B<--control-list> I<package-name>
149150
@@ -189,6 +190,14 @@ handled like a glob pattern, otherwise any trailing ‘B</>’ or
189190This command will not list extra files created by maintainer scripts,
190191nor will it list alternatives.
191192
193+ The output format consists of one line per matching pattern, with a list
194+ of packages owning the pathname separated by a comma (U+002C ‘B<,>’) and
195+ a space (U+0020 ‘B< >’), followed by a colon (U+003A ‘B<:>’) and a space,
196+ followed by the pathname. As in:
197+
198+ pkgname1, pkgname2: pathname1
199+ pkgname3: pathname2
200+
192201=item B<-p>, B<--print-avail> [I<package-name>...]
193202
194203Display details about packages, as found in I<%ADMINDIR%/available>.
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