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diff --git a/Porting/repository.pod b/Porting/repository.pod
index 5f73179..9b59bba 100644
--- a/Porting/repository.pod
+++ b/Porting/repository.pod
@@ -366,6 +366,9 @@ Other useful Perforce commands
 
 Note: the output of "p4 describe" is not in proper diff format, use
 the F<Porting/p4genpatch> to get a diff-compatible format.
+(Note that it may be easier to get one already prepared: grep
+L<perlhack> for APC, and append eg "/diffs/12345.gz" to one of the
+URLs to get a usable patch.)
 
     % p4 diff -se ./...     # have I modified something but forgotten
                             # to "p4 edit", easy faux pas with autogenerated