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                                 <term><option>--lines=</option></term>
                                 <term><option>-n</option></term>
 
-                                <listitem><para>Controls the number of
-                                journal lines to show, counting from
-                                the most recent ones. The argument is
-                                optional, and if specified is a
-                                positive integer. If not specified and
-                                in follow mode defaults to 10. If this
-                                option is not passed and follow mode
-                                is not enabled, how many lines are
-                                shown is not
-                                limited.</para></listitem>
+                                <listitem><para>Show the most recent
+                                journal events and limit the number of
+                                events shown. If
+                                <option>--follow</option> is used,
+                                this option is implied. The argument,
+                                a positive integer, is optional, and
+                                defaults to 10. </para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                                 information). <literal>json</literal>
                                 formats entries as JSON data
                                 structures, one per
-                                line. <literal>json-pretty</literal>
+                                line (see <ulink
+                                url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/json">Journal
+                                JSON Format</ulink> for more
+                                information). <literal>json-pretty</literal>
                                 also formats entries as JSON data
                                 structures, but formats them in
                                 multiple lines in order to make them
 
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><option>--field=</option></term>
-                                <term><option>-f</option></term>
+                                <term><option>-F</option></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Print all possible
                                 data values the specified field can