diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__package_apt/gencode-remote b/cdist/conf/type/__package_apt/gencode-remote
index 2ba8320b..7aba76d5 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__package_apt/gencode-remote
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__package_apt/gencode-remote
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ case "$state_is" in
     ;;
 esac
 
-aptget="DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get --quiet --yes --no-install-recommends"
+aptget="DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get --quiet --yes --no-install-recommends -o DPkg::Options::=\"--force-confold\""
 
 [ "$state_is" = "$state_should" ] && exit 0
 
diff --git a/docs/changelog b/docs/changelog
index d9be8b62..bead7001 100644
--- a/docs/changelog
+++ b/docs/changelog
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Changelog
 
 2.3.5:
 	* Documentation: Updated manpages of __package and __file (Alex Greif)
+	* Type __package_apt: Do not install recommends by default
 
 2.3.4: 2013-10-03
 	* Core: Add missing bits to support dry run (Steven Armstrong)
diff --git a/docs/man/man7/cdist-manifest.text b/docs/man/man7/cdist-manifest.text
index cc6fad42..92d0b897 100644
--- a/docs/man/man7/cdist-manifest.text
+++ b/docs/man/man7/cdist-manifest.text
@@ -151,6 +151,17 @@ The manifest of the type "nologin" may look like this:
 __file /etc/nologin --source "$__type/files/default.nologin"
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+This example makes use of dependencies:
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Ensure that lighttpd is installed
+__package lighttpd --state present
+# Ensure that munin makes use of lighttpd instead of the default webserver
+# package as decided by the package manager
+require="__package/lighttpd" __package munin --state present
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
 
 SEE ALSO
 --------