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@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
                 necessary. All objects stored in the journal can be up
                 to 2^64-1 bytes in size.</para>
 
-                <para>By default the journal stores log data in
+                <para>By default, the journal stores log data in
                 <filename>/run/log/journal/</filename>. Since
                 <filename>/run/</filename> is volatile, log data is
                 lost at reboot. To make the data persistent, it
                 directory.</para>
         </refsect1>
 
+        <refsect1>
+                <title>Files</title>
+
+                <variablelist>
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><filename>/etc/systemd/journald.conf</filename></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Configure
+                                <command>systemd-journald</command>
+                                behaviour. See
+                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journald.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+                                </para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><filename>/run/log/journal/<replaceable>machine-id</replaceable>/*.journal</filename></term>
+                                <term><filename>/run/log/journal/<replaceable>machine-id</replaceable>/*.journal~</filename></term>
+                                <term><filename>/var/log/journal/<replaceable>machine-id</replaceable>/*.journal</filename></term>
+                                <term><filename>/var/log/journal/<replaceable>machine-id</replaceable>/*.journal~</filename></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para><command>systemd-journald</command>
+                                writes entries to files in
+                                <filename>/run/log/journal/<replaceable>machine-id</replaceable>/</filename>
+                                or
+                                <filename>/var/log/journal/<replaceable>machine-id</replaceable>/</filename>
+                                with the <literal>.journal</literal>
+                                suffix. If the daemon is stopped
+                                uncleanly, or if the files are found
+                                to be corrupted, they are renamed
+                                using the <literal>.journal~</literal>
+                                suffix, and
+                                <command>systemd-journald</command>
+                                starts writing to a new
+                                file. <filename>/run</filename> is
+                                used when
+                                <filename>/var/log/journal</filename>
+                                is not available, or when
+                                <option>Storage=volatile</option> is
+                                set in the
+                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journald.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                                configuration file.
+                                </para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+                </variablelist>
+        </refsect1>
+
         <refsect1>
                 <title>See Also</title>
                 <para>
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journald.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.journal-fields</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-journal</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
-                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>setfacl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>setfacl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                        <command>pydoc systemd.journal</command>.
                 </para>
         </refsect1>