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                 binary is executed in, and in
                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.kill</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                 which define the way the processes are
-                terminated.</para>
+                terminated. Note that the User= and Group= options are
+                not particularly useful for mount units specifying a
+                <literal>Type=</literal> option or using configuration
+                not specified in <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>;
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                will refuse options that aren't listed in
+                <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> if it is not run as
+                UID 0.</para>
 
                 <para>Mount units must be named after the mount point
                 directories they control. Example: the mount point
                 mounting. See
                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.automount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
 
-                <para>If an mount point is beneath another mount point
+                <para>If a mount point is beneath another mount point
                 in the file system hierarchy, a dependency between both
                 units is created automatically.</para>
 
-                <para>Mount points created at runtime independent on
-                unit files or <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> will be
+                <para>Mount points created at runtime (independently of
+                unit files or <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>) will be
                 monitored by systemd and appear like any other mount
                 unit in systemd.</para>
+
+                <para>Some file systems have special semantics as API
+                file systems for kernel-to-userspace and
+                userspace-to-userpace interfaces. Some of them may not
+                be changed via mount units, and cannot be disabled.
+                For a longer discussion see <ulink
+                url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/APIFileSystems">API
+                File Systems</ulink>.</para>
         </refsect1>
 
         <refsect1>
                 should wait for a device to show up before giving up
                 on an entry from
                 <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>. Specify a time in
-                seconds or explicitly specifiy a unit as
+                seconds or explicitly specify a unit as
                 <literal>s</literal>, <literal>min</literal>,
                 <literal>h</literal>, <literal>ms</literal>.</para>
 
                                 <term><varname>Where=</varname></term>
                                 <listitem><para>Takes an absolute path
                                 of a directory of the mount point. If
-                                the mount point is not existing at
+                                the mount point does not exist at the
                                 time of mounting, it is created. This
                                 string must be reflected in the unit
                                 file name. (See above.) This option is
                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.device</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
-                          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-fstab-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-fstab-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.directives</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                   </para>
         </refsect1>