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diff --git a/man/sd_notify.xml b/man/sd_notify.xml
index 9d9ea4132..a91c1bb4b 100644
--- a/man/sd_notify.xml
+++ b/man/sd_notify.xml
@@ -8,16 +8,16 @@
Copyright 2010 Lennart Poettering
systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
- under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- General Public License for more details.
+ Lesser General Public License for more details.
- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
along with systemd; If not, see .
-->
@@ -156,12 +156,19 @@
WATCHDOG=1
Tells systemd to
- update the watchdog timestamp.
- Services using this feature should do
- this in regular intervals. A watchdog
- framework can use the timestamps to
- detect failed
- services.
+ update the watchdog timestamp. This is
+ the keep-alive ping that services need
+ to issue in regular intervals if
+ WatchdogSec= is
+ enabled for it. See
+ systemd.service5
+ for details. It is recommended to send
+ this message if the
+ WATCHDOG_USEC=
+ environment variable has been set for
+ the service process, in every half the
+ time interval that is specified in the
+ variable.