--- a/maven.rst	Thu Feb 05 17:35:42 2015 +0200
+++ b/maven.rst	Thu Feb 05 19:07:39 2015 +0200
@@ -75,10 +75,19 @@
 
 Force update of dependencies.
 =============================
-::
+
+You can try redownload snapshots by::
 
   $ mvn -U compile
 
+You can fix damaged local ``~/.m2`` with::
+
+  $ mvn dependency:purge-local-repository
+
+In order to perform really clean download::
+
+  $ mvn -Dmaven.repo.local=$HOME/.my/other/repository clean install
+
 Find newer library and plugin versions.
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