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diff --git a/doc/server/plugins/generators/packages.txt b/doc/server/plugins/generators/packages.txt
index b11d1ebc5..95bf4238a 100644
--- a/doc/server/plugins/generators/packages.txt
+++ b/doc/server/plugins/generators/packages.txt
@@ -217,7 +217,8 @@ something like this:
<Source type="apt" recommended="true" ...>
.. warning:: You must regenerate the Packages cache when adding or
- removing the recommended attribute.
+ removing the recommended attribute (``bcfg2-admin xcmd
+ Packages.Refresh``).
.. [#f1] Bcfg2 will by default add **Essential** packages to the
client specification. You can disable this behavior by
@@ -321,9 +322,9 @@ will report information like::
Packages: Updating http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/extras/x86_64/repodata/filelists.xml.gz
Packages: Updating http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/extras/x86_64/repodata/primary.xml.gz
-Once line per file download needed. ``Packages/sources.xml`` will
-be reloaded at this time, so any source specification changes (new
-or modified sources in this file) will be reflected by the server at
+One line per file download needed. ``Packages/sources.xml`` will be
+reloaded at this time, so any source specification changes (new or
+modified sources in this file) will be reflected by the server at
this point.
This process is much, much faster if you use the :ref:`native yum
@@ -426,7 +427,6 @@ Benefits to this include:
* Much lower memory usage by the ``bcfg2-server`` process.
* Much faster ``Packages.Refresh`` behavior.
* More accurate dependency resolution.
-* Support for package groups.
Drawbacks include:
@@ -475,9 +475,9 @@ generally be overridden:
Package Groups
--------------
-Yum package groups are supported by the native Yum libraries. To
-include a package group, use the
-:xml:attribute:`PackageStructure:group` attribute of the
+Yum package groups are supported by both the native Yum libraries and
+Bcfg2's internal dependency resolver. To include a package group, use
+the :xml:attribute:`PackageStructure:group` attribute of the
:xml:element:`Package` tag. You can use either the short group ID or
the long group name: