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@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
         </refnamediv>
 
         <refsynopsisdiv>
         </refnamediv>
 
         <refsynopsisdiv>
-                <para><filename>systemd.socket</filename></para>
+                <para><filename><replaceable>socket</replaceable>.socket</filename></para>
         </refsynopsisdiv>
 
         <refsect1>
         </refsynopsisdiv>
 
         <refsect1>
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
                 <option>ExecStartPre=</option>,
                 <option>ExecStartPost=</option>,
                 <option>ExecStopPre=</option> and
                 <option>ExecStartPre=</option>,
                 <option>ExecStartPost=</option>,
                 <option>ExecStopPre=</option> and
-                <option>ExecStoptPost=</option> commands are executed
+                <option>ExecStopPost=</option> commands are executed
                 in, and in
                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.kill</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                 which define the way the processes are
                 in, and in
                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.kill</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                 which define the way the processes are
                 options specific to the [Socket] section of socket
                 units are the following:</para>
 
                 options specific to the [Socket] section of socket
                 units are the following:</para>
 
-                <variablelist>
+                <variablelist class='unit-directives'>
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><varname>ListenStream=</varname></term>
                                 <term><varname>ListenDatagram=</varname></term>
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><varname>ListenStream=</varname></term>
                                 <term><varname>ListenDatagram=</varname></term>
 
                                 <para>These options may be specified
                                 more than once in which case incoming
 
                                 <para>These options may be specified
                                 more than once in which case incoming
-                                traffic on any of the sockets will trigger
-                                service activation, and all listed
-                                sockets will be passed to the service,
-                                regardless whether there is incoming
-                                traffic on them or not.</para>
-
-                                <para>If an IP address is used here, it
-                                is often desirable to listen on it
+                                traffic on any of the sockets will
+                                trigger service activation, and all
+                                listed sockets will be passed to the
+                                service, regardless whether there is
+                                incoming traffic on them or not. If
+                                the empty string is assigned to any of
+                                these options, the list of addresses
+                                to listen on is reset, all prior uses
+                                of any of these options will have no
+                                effect.</para>
+
+                                <para>If an IP address is used here,
+                                it is often desirable to listen on it
                                 before the interface it is configured
                                 on is up and running, and even
                                 regardless whether it will be up and
                                 before the interface it is configured
                                 on is up and running, and even
                                 regardless whether it will be up and
-                                running ever at all. To deal with this it is
-                                recommended to set the
+                                running ever at all. To deal with this
+                                it is recommended to set the
                                 <varname>FreeBind=</varname> option
                                 described below.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
                                 <varname>FreeBind=</varname> option
                                 described below.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
                                 performance reasons, it is recommended
                                 to write new daemons only in a way
                                 that is suitable for
                                 performance reasons, it is recommended
                                 to write new daemons only in a way
                                 that is suitable for
-                                <option>Accept=false</option>. This
-                                option is mostly useful to allow
-                                daemons designed for usage with
+                                <option>Accept=false</option>. A daemon
+                                listening on an AF_UNIX socket may, but does not need to, call
+                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>close</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                                or
+                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>shutdown</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                                on the received socket before exiting. However,
+                                it must not unlink the socket from a
+                                filesystem. This option is mostly useful
+                                to allow daemons designed for usage with
                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>inetd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                                 to work unmodified with systemd socket
                                 activation.</para></listitem>
                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>inetd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                                 to work unmodified with systemd socket
                                 activation.</para></listitem>
                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.kill</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.kill</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
-                          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.directives</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                  </para>
+
+                  <para>
+                          For more extensive descriptions see the "Systemd for Developers" series:
+                          <ulink url="http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/socket-activation.html">Socket Activation</ulink>,
+                          <ulink url="http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/socket-activation2.html">Socket Activation, part II</ulink>,
+                          <ulink url="http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/inetd.html">Converting inetd Services</ulink>,
+                          <ulink url="http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/socket-activated-containers.html">Socket Activated Internet Services and OS Containers</ulink>.
                   </para>
         </refsect1>
 
                   </para>
         </refsect1>