man: improve wording of systemctl's --after/--before

[elogind.git] / man / systemctl.xml

diff --git a/man/systemctl.xml b/man/systemctl.xml
index ee6ab8f5449dac0c582b598124a7aac944575aca..77447dd122bdc17ceaaf72ae8fa93136c0f597d7 100644 (file)
--- a/man/systemctl.xml
+++ b/man/systemctl.xml
@@ -131,6 +131,18 @@ along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><option>-r</option></term>
+        <term><option>--recursive</option></term>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para>When listing units, also show units of local
+          containers. Units of local containers will be prefixed with
+          the container name, separated by a single colon character
+          (<literal>:</literal>).</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
       <varlistentry>
         <term><option>--reverse</option></term>
 
@@ -145,12 +157,27 @@ along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
       <varlistentry>
         <term><option>--after</option></term>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para>With <command>list-dependencies</command>, show the
+          units that are ordered before the specified unit. In other
+          words, list the units that are in the <varname>After=</varname>
+          directive of the specified unit, have the specified unit in
+          their <varname>Before=</varname> directive, or are otherwise
+          implicit dependencies of the specified unit.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
         <term><option>--before</option></term>
 
         <listitem>
-          <para>Show after (before) which units the specified unit is started
-          with <command>list-dependencies</command>.
-          </para>
+          <para>With <command>list-dependencies</command>, show the
+          units that are ordered after the specified unit. In other
+          words, list the units that are in the <varname>Before=</varname>
+          directive of the specified unit, have the specified unit in
+          their <varname>After=</varname> directive, or otherwise depend
+          on the specified unit.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>