diff --git a/debian/README.Debian b/debian/README.Debian
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--- /dev/null
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@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Notes from the maintainer:
+  * This packaging is based on the fork 
+    https://github.com/canihavesomecoffee/udis86
+    which includes "fixes and additions" from other forks.
+  * The latest upstream release is v1.7.2 made on Sep 2, 2013. This build is
+    however, based on the latest commit #5336633, made on Oct 13, 2022
+  * Created a man page for "udcli" (a CLI tool provided by udis86 for command line
+    disassembly). The information in the man page was collated from the "help"
+    output of the tool and the README file included in the project.
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
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--- a/debian/changelog
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@@ -1,12 +1,5 @@
 libudis86 (0+20221013-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Initial release. Closes: #1061940
-  * This packaging is based on the fork 
-    https://github.com/canihavesomecoffee/udis86
-    which includes "fixes and additions" from other forks.
-  * The latest upstream release is v1.7.2 made on Sep 2, 2013. This build is
-    however, based on the latest commit #5336633, made on Oct 13, 2022
-  * Created a man page for udcli based on information from '--help' and
-    additional information from the project's README.
 
  -- Alan M Varghese (NyxTrail) <alan@digistorm.in>  Mon, 29 Jan 2024 09:13:39 +0000