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      where pgpkeyring is the original keyring and not the GnuPG one you
      might have created in the first step.
 
+  Q: Are the headerlines of a cleartext signater part of the signed
+     material?
+  A: No.  For example you can add or remove "Comment:" lines.  They
+     have a purpose like the mail header lines.  However a "Hash:"
+     line is needed for modern signatures, to tell the parser which
+     hash algorithm to use.
+
+