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logind: restore logic to kill user processes when session ends
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@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
 
                 <para><function>sd_journal_seek_head()</function>
                 seeks to the beginning of the journal, i.e. the oldest
-                avilable entry.</para>
+                available entry.</para>
 
                 <para>Similar,
                 <function>sd_journal_seek_tail()</function> may be
 
                 <para><function>sd_journal_seek_monotonic_usec()</function>
                 seeks to the entry with the specified monotonic
-                timestamp, i.e. CLOCK_MONOOTONIC. Since monotonic time
-                restarts on every reboot a boot ID needs to be
-                specified as well.</para>
+                timestamp,
+                i.e. <constant>CLOCK_MONOTONIC</constant>. Since
+                monotonic time restarts on every reboot a boot ID
+                needs to be specified as well.</para>
 
                 <para><function>sd_journal_seek_realtime_usec()</function>
                 seeks to the entry with the specified realtime
-                (wallclock) timestamp, i.e. CLOCK_REALTIME. Note that
-                the realtime clock is not necessary monotonic. If a
+                (wallclock) timestamp,
+                i.e. <constant>CLOCK_REALTIME</constant>. Note that
+                the realtime clock is not necessarily monotonic. If a
                 realtime timestamp is ambiguous it is not defined
-                which position is seeked to.</para>
+                which position is sought to.</para>
 
                 <para><function>sd_journal_seek_cursor()</function>
                 seeks to the entry located at the specified cursor
                 string. For details on cursors see
-                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_cursor</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_cursor</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>. If
+                no entry matching the specified cursor is found the
+                call will seek to the next closest entry (in terms of
+                time) instead. To verify whether the newly selected
+                entry actually matches the cursor use
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_test_cursor</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
 
                 <para>Note that these calls do not actually make any
                 entry the new current entry, this needs to be done in
                 may be retrieved via
                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_data</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>. If
                 no entry exists that matches exactly the specified
-                seek address the next closest is seeked to. If
+                seek address the next closest is sought to. If
                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_next</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
-                is used the closest following entry will be seeked to,
+                is used the closest following entry will be sought to,
                 if
                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_previous</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
-                is used the closest preceeding entry is seeked
+                is used the closest preceding entry is sought
                 to.</para>
         </refsect1>
 
                 and <function>sd_journal_seek_cursor()</function>
                 interfaces are available as shared library, which can
                 be compiled and linked to with the
-                <literal>libsystemd-journal</literal>
-                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                <constant>libsystemd-journal</constant> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                 file.</para>
         </refsect1>