<para><function>sd_journal_seek_realtime_usec()</function>
seeks to the entry with the specified realtime
(wallclock) timestamp, i.e. CLOCK_REALTIME. Note that
- the realtime clock is not necessary monotonic. If a
+ the realtime clock is not necessarily monotonic. If a
realtime timestamp is ambiguous it is not defined
which position is sought to.</para>
<para><function>sd_journal_seek_cursor()</function>
seeks to the entry located at the specified cursor
string. For details on cursors see
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_cursor</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_cursor</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>. If
+ no entry matching the specified cursor is found the
+ call will seek to the next closest entry (in terms of
+ time) instead. To verify whether the newly selected
+ entry actually matches the cursor use
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_test_cursor</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
<para>Note that these calls do not actually make any
entry the new current entry, this needs to be done in