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@@ -11,8 +11,27 @@ the upstream repository
 
 Ubuntu imports Debian's package automagically.
 
-# Anything else
+
+# Mac OS X
+
+Homebrew does not require any packaging information within this repository.
+A separate branch with a statically compiled manpage and release tags is
+provided to ease packaging. The static manpage because Homebrew lacks ronn;
+the tag so github generates tarballs Homebrew can be pointed at.
+
+
+# Additional notes
+
+## Static manpage
+
+In case you can not build the manpage because you are missing ronn please
+contact the author. The "debian-squeeze" branch carries a quilt patchset with
+a pre-compiled manpage and the "homebrew" one carries a static manpage. If you
+need, or want, to build your packages against a static version in your own
+branch this can be done.
+
+## Other systems
 
 If you are maintaining a package for a different distribution, please get
 in touch so your work can be included in another branch, thus allowing others
-to adapt it to their needs or to improve it.
+to adapt it to their needs or to improve upon it.