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diff --git a/man/sd_id128_to_string.xml b/man/sd_id128_to_string.xml
index 8f3efc145..11bee6919 100644
--- a/man/sd_id128_to_string.xml
+++ b/man/sd_id128_to_string.xml
@@ -74,13 +74,11 @@
lowercase hexadecimal digits and be terminated by a
NUL byte.
- sd_id128_from_string() implements the
- reverse operation: it takes a 33 character string with 32
- hexadecimal digits (either lowercase or uppercase, terminated by
- NUL) and parses them back into a 128-bit ID
- returned in ret. Alternatively, this call
- can also parse a 37-character string with a 128-bit ID formatted
- as RFC UUID.
+ sd_id128_from_string() implements the reverse operation: it takes a 33 character string
+ with 32 hexadecimal digits (either lowercase or uppercase, terminated by NUL) and parses them
+ back into a 128-bit ID returned in ret. Alternatively, this call can also parse a
+ 37-character string with a 128-bit ID formatted as RFC UUID. If ret is passed as NULL the
+ function will validate the passed ID string, but not actually return it in parsed form.
For more information about the sd_id128_t
type see