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                                 by
                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>'s
                                 <option>--setup-keys</option>
-                                command), forward secure sealing (FSS) for
-                                all persistent journal files is
-                                enabled.</para></listitem>
+                                command), forward secure sealing (FSS)
+                                for all persistent journal files is
+                                enabled. FSS is based on <ulink
+                                url="http://eprint.iacr.org/2013/397">Seekable
+                                Sequential Key Generators</ulink> by
+                                G. A. Marson and B. Poettering and
+                                may be used to protect journal files
+                                from unnoticed
+                                alteration.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                                 while the former apply if persistent
                                 logging is enabled and the system is
                                 fully booted
-                                up. <varname>SystemMaxUse=</varname>
+                                up. <command>journalctl</command> and
+                                <command>systemd-journald</command>
+                                ignore all files with names not ending
+                                with <literal>.journal</literal> or
+                                <literal>.journal~</literal>, so only
+                                such files, located in the appropriate
+                                directories, are taken into account
+                                when calculating current disk usage.
+                                </para>
+
+                                <para><varname>SystemMaxUse=</varname>
                                 and <varname>RuntimeMaxUse=</varname>
                                 control how much disk space the
                                 journal may use up at
                                 that usually seven rotated journal
                                 files are kept as history. Specify
                                 values in bytes or use K, M, G, T, P,
-                                E as units for the specified
-                                sizes. Note that size limits are
-                                enforced synchronously to journal
-                                files as they are extended, and need
-                                no explicit rotation step triggered by
-                                time.</para></listitem>
+                                E as units for the specified sizes
+                                (equal to 1024, 1024²,... bytes).
+                                Note that size limits are enforced
+                                synchronously when journal files
+                                are extended, and no explicit
+                                rotation step triggered by
+                                time is needed.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
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