<varlistentry>
<term><varname>ExecStart=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Commands
- that are executed when this service is started.
+ <listitem><para>Commands with their
+ arguments that are executed when this
+ service is started.
</para>
<para>When
<varname>Type=forking</varname> is
set, the process started via this
command line will be considered the
- main process of the daemon. The
- command line accepts '<literal>%</literal>'
- specifiers as described in
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+ main process of the daemon.</para>
+
+ <para>The command line accepts
+ '<literal>%</literal>' specifiers as
+ described in
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. Note
+ that the first argument of the command
+ line (i.e. the program to execute) may
+ not include specifiers.</para>
<para>Optionally, if the absolute file
name is prefixed with