- members of the <literal>systemd-journal</literal> group get
- access to the system journal and the journals of other
- users.</para>
+ members of a few special groups are granted access to the system
+ journal and the journals of other users. Members of the the
+ <literal>systemd-journal</literal>, <literal>adm</literal>, and
+ <literal>wheel</literal> groups can read all journal files. Note
+ that the two latter groups traditionally have additional
+ privileges specified by the distribution. Members of the
+ <literal>wheel</literal> group can often perform administrative
+ tasks.</para>