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diff --git a/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt b/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt
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+++ b/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt
@@ -181,10 +181,12 @@ Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
During parsing, pacman will define the `$repo` variable to the name of the
current section. This is often utilized in files specified using the 'Include'
-directive so all repositories can use the same mirrorfile.
+directive so all repositories can use the same mirrorfile. pacman also defines
+the `$arch` variable to the value of `Architecture`, so the same mirrorfile can
+even be used for different architectures.
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-Server = ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/arch
+Server = ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/$arch
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The order of repositories in the configuration files matters; repositories