<para>Entries in the journal resemble an environment
block in their syntax, however with fields that can
include binary data. Primarily, fields are formatted
- ASCII strings, and binary formatting is used only
- where formatting as ASCII makes little sense. New
- fields may be freely defined by applications, but a
- few fields have special meaning. All fields with
- special meaning are optional.</para>
+ UTF-8 text strings, and binary formatting is used only
+ where formatting as UTF-8 text strings makes little
+ sense. New fields may freely be defined by
+ applications, but a few fields have special
+ meaning. All fields with special meanings are
+ optional.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journald.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journald.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-journal</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>