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                                 as. This option is mandatory for
                                 services where
                                 <varname>Type=</varname> is set to
-                                <option>dbus</option>, but its use
-                                is otherwise recommended if the process
-                                takes a name on the D-Bus bus.</para>
+                                <option>dbus</option>.</para>
                                 </listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                                 (i.e. the "keep-alive ping"). If the time
                                 between two such calls is larger than
                                 the configured time, then the service
-                                is placed in a failed state. By
-                                setting <varname>Restart=</varname> to
+                                is placed in a failed state and it will
+                                be terminated with <varname>SIGABRT</varname>.
+                                By setting <varname>Restart=</varname> to
                                 <option>on-failure</option> or
                                 <option>always</option>, the service
                                 will be automatically restarted. The
                                 <term><varname>Sockets=</varname></term>
                                 <listitem><para>Specifies the name of
                                 the socket units this service shall
-                                inherit the sockets from when the
-                                service is started. Normally it
-                                should not be necessary to use this
-                                setting as all sockets whose unit
+                                inherit socket file descriptors
+                                from when the service is
+                                started. Normally it should not be
+                                necessary to use this setting as all
+                                socket file descriptors whose unit
                                 shares the same name as the service
-                                (ignoring the different suffix of course)
-                                are passed to the spawned
-                                process.</para>
-
-                                <para>Note that the same socket may be
-                                passed to multiple processes at the
-                                same time. Also note that a different
-                                service may be activated on incoming
-                                traffic than that which inherits the
-                                sockets. Or in other words: the
+                                (subject to the different unit name
+                                suffix of course) are passed to the
+                                spawned process.</para>
+
+                                <para>Note that the same socket file
+                                descriptors may be passed to multiple
+                                processes simultaneously. Also note
+                                that a different service may be
+                                activated on incoming socket traffic
+                                than the one which is ultimately
+                                configured to inherit the socket file
+                                descriptors. Or in other words: the
                                 <varname>Service=</varname> setting of
                                 <filename>.socket</filename> units
                                 does not have to match the inverse of
 
         </refsect1>
 
-        <refsect1>
-                <title>Compatibility Options</title>
-
-                <para>The following options are also available in the
-                <literal>[Service]</literal> section, but exist purely
-                for compatibility reasons and should not be used in
-                newly written service files.</para>
-
-                <variablelist class='unit-directives'>
-                        <varlistentry>
-                                <term><varname>SysVStartPriority=</varname></term>
-                                <listitem><para>Set the SysV start
-                                priority to use to order this service
-                                in relation to SysV services lacking
-                                LSB headers. This option is only
-                                necessary to fix ordering in relation
-                                to legacy SysV services that have no
-                                ordering information encoded in the
-                                script headers. As such, it should only
-                                be used as a temporary compatibility
-                                option and should not be used in new unit
-                                files. Almost always, it is a better
-                                choice to add explicit ordering
-                                directives via
-                                <varname>After=</varname> or
-                                <varname>Before=</varname>,
-                                instead. For more details, see
-                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
-                                If used, pass an integer value in the
-                                range 0-99.</para></listitem>
-                        </varlistentry>
-                </variablelist>
-        </refsect1>
-
         <refsect1>
                 <title>Command lines</title>