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         <refnamediv>
                 <refname>systemctl</refname>
-                <refpurpose>Control the systemd system and session manager</refpurpose>
+                <refpurpose>Control the systemd system and service manager</refpurpose>
         </refnamediv>
 
         <refsynopsisdiv>
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
                 <para><command>systemctl</command> may be used to
                 introspect and control the state of the
                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
-                system and session manager.</para>
+                system and service manager.</para>
         </refsect1>
 
         <refsect1>
                                 <listitem><para>Suppress output to
                                 STDOUT in
                                 <command>snapshot</command>,
-                                <command>check</command>,
+                                <command>is-active</command>,
                                 <command>enable</command> and
                                 <command>disable</command>.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
                                 argument it is only verified and
                                 enqueued.</para></listitem> </varlistentry>
 
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><option>--no-pager</option></term>
+
+                               <listitem><para>Do not pipe output into a
+                               pager.</para></listitem>
+                       </varlistentry>
+
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><option>--system</option></term>
 
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
-                                <term><option>--session</option></term>
+                                <term><option>--user</option></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Talk to the systemd
-                                session manager of the calling user.</para></listitem>
+                                manager of the calling user.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <listitem><para>When used with
                                 <command>enable</command> and
                                 <command>disable</command>, operate on the
-                                global session configuĊ•ation
+                                global user configuration
                                 directory, thus enabling or disabling
                                 a unit file globally for all future
-                                sessions of all users.</para></listitem>
+                                logins of all users.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                                 changes.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><option>--no-ask-password</option></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>When used with
+                                <command>start</command> and related
+                                commands, disables asking for
+                                passwords. Background services may
+                                require input of a password or
+                                passphrase string, for example to
+                                unlock system hard disks or
+                                cryptographic certificates. Unless
+                                this option is specified and the
+                                command is invoked from a terminal
+                                <command>systemctl</command> will
+                                query the user on the terminal for the
+                                necessary secrets. Use this option to
+                                switch this behavior off. In this
+                                case the password must be supplied by
+                                some other means (for example
+                                graphical password agents) or the
+                                service might fail.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><option>--kill-mode=</option></term>
 
                                 <option>process</option> to select
                                 whether to kill the entire control
                                 group, the process group or only the
-                                selected process itself. If ommitted
+                                selected process itself. If omitted
                                 defaults to
                                 <option>control-group</option> if
                                 <option>--kill-who=all</option> is
                                 <option>all</option> to select whether
                                 to kill only the main process of the
                                 unit, the control process or all
-                                processes of the unit. If ommitted
+                                processes of the unit. If omitted
                                 defaults to
                                 <option>all</option>.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
-                                <term><option>---signal=</option></term>
+                                <term><option>--signal=</option></term>
                                 <term><option>-s</option></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>When used with
                                 <command>kill</command>, choose which
                                 signal to send to selected
                                 processes. Must be one of the well
-                                know signal specifiers such as
+                                known signal specifiers such as
                                 SIGTERM, SIGINT or SIGSTOP. If
-                                ommitted defaults to
+                                omitted defaults to
                                 <option>SIGTERM</option>.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                                 units specified on the command
                                 line. If the units are not running yet
                                 the operation will
-                                fail.</para></listitem>
+                                fail. Note that for compatibility
+                                with Red Hat init scripts
+                                <command>condrestart</command> is
+                                equivalent to this command.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><command>reload-or-restart [NAME...]</command></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Reload one or more
+                                units if they support it. If not,
+                                restart them instead. If the units
+                                are not running yet they will be
+                                started.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+                        <varlistentry>
                                 <term><command>reload-or-try-restart [NAME...]</command></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Reload one or more
                                 units if they support it. If not,
-                                restart them instead. Note that for
-                                compatibility with SysV and Red Hat
-                                init scripts
-                                <command>force-reload</command> and
-                                <command>condrestart</command> may be
-                                used as equivalent commands to
-                                <command>reload-or-try-restart</command>.</para></listitem>
+                                restart them instead. If the units
+                                are not running yet the operation
+                                will fail. Note that for
+                                compatibility with SysV init scripts
+                                <command>force-reload</command> is
+                                equivalent to this command.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><command>isolate [NAME]</command></term>
                                 <term><command>is-active [NAME...]</command></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Check whether any of
-                                the specified units is active
+                                the specified units are active
                                 (i.e. running). Returns an exit code
                                 0 if at least one is active, non-zero
                                 otherwise. Unless
                                 administrator is free to make
                                 additional changes manually, by
                                 placing or removing symlinks in the
-                                directory. This is particular useful
+                                directory. This is particularly useful
                                 to create configurations that deviate
                                 from the suggested default
                                 installation. In this case the
 
                                 <para>Depending on whether
                                 <option>--system</option>,
-                                <option>--session</option> or
+                                <option>--user</option> or
                                 <option>--global</option> is specified
                                 this enables the unit for the system,
-                                for sessions of the calling user only
-                                or for all future session of all
+                                for the calling user only
+                                or for all future logins of all
                                 users. Note that in the latter case no
                                 systemd daemon configuration is
                                 reloaded.</para>
                                 <option>--quiet</option>.</para>
                                 </listitem>
 
-                                <para>This command honours
+                                <para>This command honors
                                 <option>--system</option>,
-                                <option>--session</option>,
+                                <option>--user</option>,
                                 <option>--global</option> in a similar
                                 way as
                                 <command>enable</command>.</para>
                                 <listitem><para>Cancel one or more
                                 jobs specified on the command line by
                                 their numeric job
-                                IDs. If not job id is specified cancels all jobs that are pending.</para></listitem>
+                                IDs. If no job id is specified, cancel all pending jobs.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><command>monitor</command></term>
 
                                 <para>A snapshot refers to a saved
                                 state of the systemd manager. It is
-                                implemented itself as unit that is
+                                implemented itself as unit that is
                                 generated dynamically with this
                                 command and has dependencies on all
                                 units active at the time. At a later
                                 users.  If
                                 combined with <option>--force</option>
                                 shutdown of all running services is
-                                skipped, however all processes killed
-                                and all file systems unmounted or
+                                skipped, however all processes are killed
+                                and all file systems are unmounted or
                                 mounted read-only, immediately
                                 followed by the
                                 system halt.</para></listitem>
                                 users. If
                                 combined with <option>--force</option>
                                 shutdown of all running services is
-                                skipped, however all processes killed
-                                and all file systems unmounted or
+                                skipped, however all processes are killed
+                                and all file systems are unmounted or
                                 mounted read-only, immediately
                                 followed by the
                                 powering off.</para></listitem>
                                 users. If
                                 combined with <option>--force</option>
                                 shutdown of all running services is
-                                skipped, however all processes killed
-                                and all file systems unmounted or
+                                skipped, however all processes are killed
+                                and all file systems are unmounted or
                                 mounted read-only, immediately
                                 followed by the
                                 reboot.</para></listitem>
                                 a wall message to all users. If
                                 combined with <option>--force</option>
                                 shutdown of all running services is
-                                skipped, however all processes killed
-                                and all file systems unmounted or
+                                skipped, however all processes are killed
+                                and all file systems are unmounted or
                                 mounted read-only, immediately
                                 followed by the
                                 reboot.</para></listitem>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Ask the systemd
                                 manager to quit. This is only
-                                supported for session managers
+                                supported for user service managers
                                 (i.e. in conjunction with the
-                                <option>--session</option> option) and
+                                <option>--user</option> option) and
                                 will fail otherwise.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
                 </variablelist>