diff --git a/man/ebuild.5 b/man/ebuild.5
index 3f28fce..5bb1afa 100644
--- a/man/ebuild.5
+++ b/man/ebuild.5
@@ -543,27 +543,32 @@ repo-level USE settings, since profile and user configuration settings
override them.
.TP
.B DEPEND
-This should contain a list of all packages that are required for the
-program to compile as described in fBDependenciesfR.
+This should contain a list of all packages that are required for the program
+to compile (aka fIbuildtimefR dependencies). These are usually libraries and
+headers.
+
+You may use the syntax described above in the fBDependenciesfR section.
.TP
.B RDEPEND
This should contain a list of all packages that are required for this
-program to run (aka runtime depend). If this is not set in fBEAPI 3fR
-or earlier, then it defaults to the value of fBDEPENDfR. In
-fBEAPI 4fR or later, fBRDEPENDfR will never be implicitly set.
+program to run (aka fIruntimefR dependencies). These are usually libraries.
+
+In fBEAPI 3fR or earlier, if this is not set, then it defaults to the value
+of fBDEPENDfR. In fBEAPI 4fR or later, fBRDEPENDfR will never be
+implicitly set.
-You may use the same syntax to vary dependencies as seen above in fBDependenciesfR.
+You may use the syntax described above in the fBDependenciesfR section.
.TP
.B PDEPEND
This should contain a list of all packages that should be merged after this
-one, but which may be installed by the package manager at any time, if that is
-not possible.
+one (aka fIpostfR merge dependencies), but which may be installed by the
+package manager at any time, if that is not possible.
.B ***WARNING***
.br
Use this only as last resort to break cyclic dependencies!
-You may use the same syntax to vary dependencies as seen above in fBDependenciesfR.
+You may use the syntax described above in the fBDependenciesfR section.
.TP
.B REQUIRED_USE
Beginning with fBEAPI 4fR, the fBREQUIRED_USEfR variable can be
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1.7.12
09-23-2012, 10:32 PM
Dennis Schridde
Improve wording of *DEPEND variable description in ebuild(5) a bit
diff --git a/man/ebuild.5 b/man/ebuild.5
index 3f28fce..5bb1afa 100644
--- a/man/ebuild.5
+++ b/man/ebuild.5
@@ -543,27 +543,32 @@ repo-level USE settings, since profile and user configuration settings
override them.
.TP
.B DEPEND
-This should contain a list of all packages that are required for the
-program to compile as described in fBDependenciesfR.
+This should contain a list of all packages that are required for the program
+to compile (aka fIbuildtimefR dependencies). These are usually libraries and
+headers.
+
+You may use the syntax described above in the fBDependenciesfR section.
.TP
.B RDEPEND
This should contain a list of all packages that are required for this
-program to run (aka runtime depend). If this is not set in fBEAPI 3fR
-or earlier, then it defaults to the value of fBDEPENDfR. In
-fBEAPI 4fR or later, fBRDEPENDfR will never be implicitly set.
+program to run (aka fIruntimefR dependencies). These are usually libraries.
+
+In fBEAPI 3fR or earlier, if this is not set, then it defaults to the value
+of fBDEPENDfR. In fBEAPI 4fR or later, fBRDEPENDfR will never be
+implicitly set.
-You may use the same syntax to vary dependencies as seen above in fBDependenciesfR.
+You may use the syntax described above in the fBDependenciesfR section.
.TP
.B PDEPEND
This should contain a list of all packages that should be merged after this
-one, but which may be installed by the package manager at any time, if that is
-not possible.
+one (aka fIpostfR merge dependencies), but which may be installed by the
+package manager at any time, if that is not possible.
.B ***WARNING***
.br
Use this only as last resort to break cyclic dependencies!
-You may use the same syntax to vary dependencies as seen above in fBDependenciesfR.
+You may use the syntax described above in the fBDependenciesfR section.
.TP
.B REQUIRED_USE
Beginning with fBEAPI 4fR, the fBREQUIRED_USEfR variable can be
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