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diff --git a/docs/gs-elpa.8 b/docs/gs-elpa.8
index 234ce71..d1201e9 100644
--- a/docs/gs-elpa.8
+++ b/docs/gs-elpa.8
@@ -159,6 +159,16 @@ Some packages in \fBmarmalade\fP , \fBmelpa\fP, \fBmelpa\-stable\fP depend on pa
commands will fail on them as dependencies between overlays are not supported currently. So the
recommended way of using gs\-elpa is using it with layman. Even doing so you should always add
gnu\-elpa repository: \fBlayman \-a gnu\-elpa\fP\&.
+.sp
+If you ever find bugs like \fI\%https://github.com/jauhien/gs\-elpa/issues/6\fP,
+you can exclude packages from dependencies adding their name to the "external" object
+in the "common\-config" section of \fI/etc/g\-sorcery/gs\-elpa.json\fP config file.
+For the example issue it would be (together with already added packages):
+.INDENT 0.0
+.INDENT 3.5
+"external": {"emacs": "virtual/emacs", "cl\-lib": "virtual/emacs", "eieio": "virtual/emacs"}
+.UNINDENT
+.UNINDENT
.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
\fBgs\-pypi\fP(8), \fBg\-sorcery.cfg\fP(8), \fBportage\fP(5), \fBemerge\fP(1), \fBlayman\fP(8)
diff --git a/docs/gs-elpa.8.rst b/docs/gs-elpa.8.rst
index 457e585..0e8b847 100644
--- a/docs/gs-elpa.8.rst
+++ b/docs/gs-elpa.8.rst
@@ -145,6 +145,13 @@ commands will fail on them as dependencies between overlays are not supported cu
recommended way of using gs-elpa is using it with layman. Even doing so you should always add
gnu-elpa repository: **layman -a gnu-elpa**.
+If you ever find bugs like https://github.com/jauhien/gs-elpa/issues/6,
+you can exclude packages from dependencies adding their name to the "external" object
+in the "common-config" section of `/etc/g-sorcery/gs-elpa.json` config file.
+For the example issue it would be (together with already added packages):
+
+ "external": {"emacs": "virtual/emacs", "cl-lib": "virtual/emacs", "eieio": "virtual/emacs"}
+
SEE ALSO
========