diff --git a/debmany/debmany b/debmany/debmany
index 987e347..293b87c 100755
--- a/debmany/debmany
+++ b/debmany/debmany
@@ -227,6 +227,18 @@
       debug "Mode2: Found manpages/docs" # comment
     fi
   fi
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$file" ]
+then
+  for suffix in -doc
+  do
+    otherpackage="$package$suffix"
+    if apt-cache show "$otherpackage" >/dev/null 2>&1
+    then
+      echo "I: A package called $otherpackage also exists - you may wish to try there" >&2
+    fi
+  done
 fi
 
 if [ "$status" = "installed" ]