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index f999ec9455..8d51567a6c 100644
--- a/macros/latex/contrib/caption/bicaption.dtx
+++ b/macros/latex/contrib/caption/bicaption.dtx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
%
% This is file `bicaption.dtx'.
%
-% Copyright (C) 2010-2021 Axel Sommerfeldt (axel.sommerfeldt@f-m.fm)
+% Copyright (C) 2010-2022 Axel Sommerfeldt (axel.sommerfeldt@f-m.fm)
%
% --------------------------------------------------------------------------
%
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
% \iffalse
%<*driver>
\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[1994/12/01]
-\ProvidesFile{bicaption.drv}[2022/01/07 v1.5 Adds a bilingual caption feature to the caption package]
+\ProvidesFile{bicaption.drv}[2022/03/06 v1.5 Adds a bilingual caption feature to the caption package]
\hbadness=9999 \newcount\hbadness \hfuzz=74pt % Make TeX shut up.
%\errorcontextlines=3
%
@@ -269,9 +269,14 @@
% making the first language the second one and vice versa. (The default is |false|.)
%
% \item[bi-separator=]
-% \begin{quote}|\captionsetup{bi-separator=|\meta{name}|}|\end{quote}
% \NEWfeature{v1.3}
-% will select a separator between first and second bilingual caption.
+% The vertical distance between the first and second bilingual caption is usually
+% determined by the \TeX\ skips set by |\normal|\-|size| which is applied right
+% before both captions get typesetted.
+% (This behaviour is inherited from the original \LaTeX\ code for |\caption| which
+% applies |\normal|\-|size| right before |\@make|\-|caption|, too.)
+% \begin{quote}|\captionsetup{bi-separator=|\meta{name}|}|\end{quote}
+% will select an additional separator between first and second bilingual caption.
% You could choose one of the following: `none' (which is the default one
% and could also be addressed as `default'), `smallskip', `medskip',
% `largeskip', or a self-defined one using
@@ -291,7 +296,15 @@
% |\DeclareBiCaptionSeparator{3pt}{\vspace{3pt}}|\\
% |\captionsetup{bi-separator=3pt}|
% \end{quote}
-% will put |3pt| vertical space between the two bilingual captions.
+% will place |3pt| extra vertical space between the two bilingual captions.
+% \par\medskip
+% \textit{Note:} In contrast to the original \LaTeX\ code for |\caption| the
+% \package{caption} package does not apply |\normal|\-|size| directly
+% but will apply the caption font definition |normal|\-|size| instead
+% (which is usually defined as |\normal|\-|size|).
+% Therefore the vertical space between both captions
+% could also be influenced by redefining it, e.g.:
+% |\Declare|\-|Caption|\-|Font{normal|\-|size}{|\ldots|}|
% \end{Options}
%
% \section{The \cs{bicaption} commands}