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@@ -446,7 +446,13 @@ If you run Debian Stretch or Debian Sid, you can install letsencrypt packages.
 If you don't want to use the Apache plugin, you can omit the
 ``python-letsencrypt-apache`` package.
 
-Packages for Debian Jessie will hopefully be coming in the next few weeks.
+Packages exist for Debian Jessie via backports. First you'll have to follow the
+instructions at http://backports.debian.org/Instructions/ to enable the Jessie backports
+repo, if you have not already done so. Then run:
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+   sudo apt-get install certbot python-certbot-apache -t jessie-backports
 
 **Fedora**