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@@ -107,10 +107,11 @@ List of packages that are required for this package to provide a
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non-trivial amount of functionality. The package maintenance software
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will not allow a package to be installed if the packages listed in its
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.B Depends
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-field aren't installed (at least not without using the force options),
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-and will run the postinst scripts of packages listed in Depends: fields
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-before those of the packages which depend on them, and run prerm scripts
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-before.
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+field aren't installed (at least not without using the force options).
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+In an installation, the postinst scripts of packages listed in Depends:
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+fields are run before those of the packages which depend on them. On the
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+opposite, in a removal, the prerm script of a package is run before
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+those of the packages listed in its Depends: field.
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.TP
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.BR Pre-Depends: " <package list>"
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List of packages that must be installed
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