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         <refsynopsisdiv>
                 <funcsynopsis>
-                        <funcsynopsisinfo>#include "sd-daemon.h"</funcsynopsisinfo>
+                        <funcsynopsisinfo>#include &lt;systemd/sd-daemon.h&gt;</funcsynopsisinfo>
 
                         <funcprototype>
                                 <funcdef>int <function>sd_notify</function></funcdef>
                                 itself. Example:
                                 "MAINPID=4711"</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term>WATCHDOG=1</term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>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.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
                 </variablelist>
 
                 <para>It is recommended to prefix variable names that
                 for details.</para>
 
                 <para><function>sd_notifyf()</function> is similar to
-                <function>sd_notifyf()</function> but takes a
+                <function>sd_notify()</function> but takes a
                 <function>printf()</function>-like format string plus
                 arguments.</para>
         </refsect1>
                 datagram is accompanied by the process credentials of
                 the sending daemon, using SCM_CREDENTIALS.</para>
 
-                <para>For details about the algorithm check the
+                <para>For details about the algorithms check the
                 liberally licensed reference implementation sources:
-                <ulink url="http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/tree/src/sd-daemon.c"/>
+                <ulink url="http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/plain/src/sd-daemon.c"/>
                 resp. <ulink
-                url="http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/tree/src/sd-daemon.h"/></para>
+                url="http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/plain/src/systemd/sd-daemon.h"/></para>
 
                 <para><function>sd_notify()</function> and
                 <function>sd_notifyf()</function> are implemented in
-                the reference implementation's drop-in
+                the reference implementation's
                 <filename>sd-daemon.c</filename> and
-                <filename>sd-daemon.h</filename> files. It is
-                recommended that applications consuming these APIs
-                copy the implementation into their source tree. For
+                <filename>sd-daemon.h</filename> files. These
+                interfaces are available as shared library, which can
+                be compiled and linked to with the
+                <literal>libsystemd-daemon</literal>
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                file. Alternatively, applications consuming these APIs
+                may copy the implementation into their source tree. For
                 more details about the reference implementation see
-                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_daemon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry></para>
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_daemon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
 
-                <para>If -DDISABLE_SYSTEMD is set during compilation
-                this function will always return 0 and otherwise
-                become a NOP.</para>
+                <para>If the reference implementation is used as
+                drop-in files and -DDISABLE_SYSTEMD is set during
+                compilation these functions will always return 0 and
+                otherwise become a NOP.</para>
         </refsect1>
 
         <refsect1>