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diff --git a/man/systemd.journal-fields.xml b/man/systemd.journal-fields.xml
index 8a15598e6..6eeb6e395 100644
--- a/man/systemd.journal-fields.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.journal-fields.xml
@@ -51,14 +51,14 @@
Description
Entries in the journal resemble an environment
- block in their syntax, however with fields that can
+ block in their syntax but with fields that can
include binary data. Primarily, fields are formatted
UTF-8 text strings, and binary formatting is used only
where formatting as UTF-8 text strings makes little
sense. New fields may freely be defined by
applications, but a few fields have special
meaning. All fields with special meanings are
- optional. In some cases fields may appear more than
+ optional. In some cases, fields may appear more than
once per entry.
@@ -156,7 +156,10 @@
(formatted as decimal string),
the identifier string
(i.e. "tag"), and the client
- PID.
+ PID. (Note that the tag is
+ usually derived from glibc's
+ program_invocation_short_name
+ variable, see program_invocation_short_name3.)
@@ -176,7 +179,7 @@
_UID=
_GID=
- The process, user and
+ The process, user, and
group ID of the process the
journal entry originates from
formatted as a decimal
@@ -190,7 +193,7 @@
_CMDLINE=
The name, the executable
- path and the command line of
+ path, and the command line of
the process the journal entry
originates from.
@@ -244,8 +247,8 @@
_SELINUX_CONTEXT=
The SELinux security
- context of the process the
- journal entry originates
+ context (label) of the process
+ the journal entry originates
from.
@@ -389,12 +392,12 @@
the major and minor of the
device node, separated by :
and prefixed by b. Similar
- for character devices, but
+ for character devices but
prefixed by c. For network
- devices the interface index,
+ devices, this is the interface index
prefixed by n. For all other
- devices + followed by the
- subsystem name, followed by
+ devices, this is the subsystem name
+ prefixed by +, followed by
:, followed by the kernel
device name.
@@ -529,7 +532,7 @@
JSON Format, the addresses of journal entries
are serialized into fields prefixed with double
underscores. Note that these are not proper fields when
- stored in the journal but for addressing meta data of
+ stored in the journal but for addressing metadata of
entries. They cannot be written as part of structured
log entries via calls such as
sd_journal_send3. They