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diff --git a/guide/_sources/distutils.rst.txt b/guide/_sources/distutils.rst.txt
index 832edde..8101d8b 100644
--- a/guide/_sources/distutils.rst.txt
+++ b/guide/_sources/distutils.rst.txt
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ Note that unlike sdist archives, snapshots are often missing generated
files. This has some implications, notably:
1. If the package uses setuptools_scm or a similar package, the version
- string needs to be provided explicitly,
+ string may need to be provided explicitly,
cf. `setuptools_scm (flit_scm, hatch-vcs, pdm-backend)
and snapshots`_.
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ jupyter dev-python/jupyter_packaging jupyter_packaging.build_api
maturin dev-util/maturin maturin
meson-python dev-python/meson-python mesonpy
no (none) (none, see below)
-pbr dev-python/pbr pbr
+pbr dev-python/pbr pbr.build
pdm dev-python/pdm-pep517 pdm.pep517.api
pdm-backend dev-python/pdm-backend pdm.backend
poetry dev-python/poetry-core poetry.core.masonry.api
@@ -295,9 +295,7 @@ setuptools_scm (flit_scm, hatch-vcs, pdm-backend) and snapshots
===============================================================
setuptools_scm_ is a package providing additional features for running
inside a VCS checkout, in particular the ability to determine version
-from VCS tags. However, this works correctly only when the package
-is built from VCS checkout or an ``sdist`` archive containing
-pregenerated metadata. It does not work when building from a GitHub
+from VCS tags. However, this may not work when building from a GitHub
snapshot::
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