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+                <para><filename>/usr/lib/sysctl.d/*.conf</filename></para>
                 <para><filename>/etc/sysctl.d/*.conf</filename></para>
                 <para><filename>/etc/sysctl.d/*.conf</filename></para>
+                <para><filename>/run/sysctl.d/*.conf</filename></para>
         </refsynopsisdiv>
 
         <refsect1>
                 <title>Description</title>
 
         </refsynopsisdiv>
 
         <refsect1>
                 <title>Description</title>
 
-               <para><command>systemd</command> uses
-               <filename>/etc/sysctl.d/</filename> to configure
+               <para><command>systemd</command> uses configuration files
+               from the above directories to configure
                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sysctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sysctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
-               kernel parameters to load during boot. Each
-               configuration file is named in the style of
-               <filename>/etc/sysctl.d/&lt;program&gt;.conf</filename>.</para>
+               kernel parameters to load during boot.</para>
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                 <para>Note that both / and . are accepted as
                 separators in sysctl variable names.</para>
 
                 <para>Note that both / and . are accepted as
                 separators in sysctl variable names.</para>
 
+                <para>Each configuration file is named in the style of
+                <filename>&lt;program&gt;.conf</filename>.
+                Files in <filename>/etc/</filename> overwrite
+                files with the same name in <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>.
+                Files in <filename>/run</filename> overwrite files with
+                the same name in <filename>/etc/</filename> and
+                <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>. Packages should install their
+                configuration files in <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>, files
+                in <filename>/etc/</filename> are reserved for the local
+                administration, which possibly decides to overwrite the
+                configurations installed from packages. All files are sorted
+                by filename in alphabetical order, regardless in which of the
+                directories they reside, to ensure that a specific
+                configuration file takes precedence over another file with
+                an alphabetically later name.</para>
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