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                 <para>If a line starts with <option>.include</option>
                 followed by a file name, the specified file will be
                 parsed at this point. Make sure that the file that is
-                included has the appropiate section headers before
+                included has the appropriate section headers before
                 any directives.</para>
 
                 <para>Along with a unit file
                                 name.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><varname>Documentation=</varname></term>
+                                <listitem><para>A space separated list
+                                of URIs referencing documentation for
+                                this unit or its
+                                configuration. Accepted are only URIs
+                                of the types
+                                <literal>http://</literal>,
+                                <literal>https://</literal>,
+                                <literal>file:</literal>,
+                                <literal>info:</literal>,
+                                <literal>man:</literal>. For more
+                                information about the syntax of these
+                                URIs see
+                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>uri</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><varname>Requires=</varname></term>
 
                                 settings.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><varname>RequiresMountsFor=</varname></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Takes a space
+                                separated list of paths. Automatically
+                                adds dependencies of type
+                                <varname>Requires=</varname> and
+                                <varname>After=</varname> for all
+                                mount units required to access the
+                                specified path.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><varname>OnFailureIsolate=</varname></term>
 
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
-                                <term><varname>Names=</varname></term>
-
-                                <listitem><para>Additional names for
-                                this unit. The names listed here must
-                                have the same suffix (i.e. type) as
-                                the unit file name. This option may be
-                                specified more than once, in which
-                                case all listed names are used. Note
-                                that this option is different from the
-                                <varname>Alias=</varname> option from
-                                the [Install] section mentioned
-                                below. See below for details. Note
-                                that in almost all cases this option
-                                is not what you want. A symlink alias
-                                in the file system is generally
-                                preferable since it can be used as
-                                lookup key. If a unit with a symlinked
-                                alias name is not loaded and needs to
-                                be it is easily found via the
-                                symlink. However, if a unit with an
-                                alias name configured with this
-                                setting is not loaded it will not be
-                                discovered. This settings' only use is
-                                in conjunction with service
-                                instances.</para>
-                                </listitem>
+                                <term><varname>SourcePath=</varname></term>
+                                <listitem><para>A path to a
+                                configuration file this unit has been
+                                generated from. This is primarily
+                                useful for implementation of generator
+                                tools that convert configuration from
+                                an external configuration file format
+                                into native unit files. Thus
+                                functionality should not be used in
+                                normal units.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
                 </variablelist>
 
                                 time,
                                 <command>systemctl enable</command>
                                 will create symlinks from these names
-                                to the unit file name. Note that this
-                                is different from the
-                                <varname>Names=</varname> option from
-                                the [Unit] section mentioned above:
-                                The names from
-                                <varname>Names=</varname> apply
-                                unconditionally if the unit is
-                                loaded. The names from
-                                <varname>Alias=</varname> apply only
-                                if the unit has actually been
-                                installed with the
-                                <command>systemctl enable</command>
-                                command.  Also, if systemd searches for a
-                                unit, it will discover symlinked alias
-                                names as configured with
-                                <varname>Alias=</varname>, but not
-                                names configured with
-                                <varname>Names=</varname> only. It is
-                                a common pattern to list a name in
-                                both options. In this case, a unit
-                                will be active under all names if
-                                installed, but also if not installed
-                                but requested explicitly under its
-                                main name.</para></listitem>
+                                to the unit file name.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><varname>WantedBy=</varname></term>
+                                <term><varname>RequiredBy=</varname></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Installs a symlink in
                                 the <filename>.wants/</filename>
+                                resp. <filename>.requires/</filename>
                                 subdirectory for a unit. This has the
                                 effect that when the listed unit name
                                 is activated the unit listing it is