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 <filename>...</filename>
                 </literallayout></para>
 
-                <para><literallayout><filename>$HOME/.config/systemd/user/*</filename>
+                <para><literallayout><filename>$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/systemd/user/*</filename>
+<filename>$HOME/.config/systemd/user/*</filename>
 <filename>/etc/systemd/user/*</filename>
 <filename>/run/systemd/user/*</filename>
+<filename>$XDG_DATA_HOME/systemd/user/*</filename>
+<filename>$HOME/.local/share/systemd/user/*</filename>
 <filename>/usr/lib/systemd/user/*</filename>
 <filename>...</filename>
                 </literallayout></para>
                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.scope</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
                 </para>
 
+                <para>Various settings are allowed to be specified
+                more than once, in which case the interpretation
+                depends on the setting. Often, multiple settings form
+                a list, and setting to an empty value "resets", which
+                means that previous assignments are ignored. When this
+                is allowed, it is mentioned in the description of the
+                setting. Note that using multiple assignments to the
+                same value makes the unit file incompatible with
+                parsers for the XDG <filename>.desktop</filename> file
+                format.</para>
+
                 <para>Unit files are loaded from a set of paths
                 determined during compilation, described in the next section.
                 </para>
                 <para>Unit files may contain additional options on top
                 of those listed here. If systemd encounters an unknown
                 option, it will write a warning log message but
-                continue loading the unit. If an option is prefixed
-                with <option>X-</option>, it is ignored completely by
-                systemd. Applications may use this to include
-                additional information in the unit files.</para>
+                continue loading the unit. If an option or section name
+                is prefixed with <option>X-</option>, it is ignored
+                completely by systemd. Options within an ignored
+                section do not need the prefix. Applications may use
+                this to include additional information in the unit
+                files.</para>
 
                 <para>Boolean arguments used in unit files can be
                 written in various formats. For positive settings the
                 has the appropriate section headers before any
                 directive.</para>
 
-                <para>If a line starts with <option>.include</option>
-                followed by a filename, the specified file will be
-                parsed at this point. Make sure that the file that is
-                included has the appropriate section headers before
-                any directives.</para>
-
                 <para>Note that while systemd offers a flexible
                 dependency system between units it is recommended to
                 use this functionality only sparingly and instead rely
                 multiple units from a single configuration file. If
                 systemd looks for a unit configuration file, it will
                 first search for the literal unit name in the
-                filesystem. If that yields no success and the unit
+                file system. If that yields no success and the unit
                 name contains an <literal>@</literal> character, systemd will look for a
                 unit template that shares the same name but with the
                 instance string (i.e. the part between the <literal>@</literal> character
                 (<option>--user</option>) and the variable
                 <varname>$SYSTEMD_UNIT_PATH</varname> is set, this
                 contents of this variable overrides the unit load
-                path.
-                </para>
+                path. If <varname>$SYSTEMD_UNIT_PATH</varname> ends
+                with an empty component (<literal>:</literal>), the
+                usual unit load path will be appended to the contents
+                of the variable.</para>
 
                 <table>
                   <title>
                       </row>
                     </thead>
                     <tbody>
+                      <row>
+                        <entry><filename>$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/systemd/user</filename></entry>
+                        <entry>User configuration (only used when $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is set)</entry>
+                      </row>
                       <row>
                         <entry><filename>$HOME/.config/systemd/user</filename></entry>
-                        <entry>User configuration</entry>
+                        <entry>User configuration (only used when $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is not set)</entry>
                       </row>
                       <row>
                         <entry><filename>/etc/systemd/user</filename></entry>
                         <entry><filename>/run/systemd/user</filename></entry>
                         <entry>Runtime units</entry>
                       </row>
+                      <row>
+                        <entry><filename>$XDG_DATA_HOME/systemd/user</filename></entry>
+                        <entry>Units of packages that have been installed in the home directory (only used when $XDG_DATA_HOME is set)</entry>
+                      </row>
+                      <row>
+                        <entry><filename>$HOME/.local/share/systemd/user</filename></entry>
+                        <entry>Units of packages that have been installed in the home directory (only used when $XDG_DATA_HOME is not set)</entry>
+                      </row>
                       <row>
                         <entry><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/user</filename></entry>
-                        <entry>Units of installed packages</entry>
+                        <entry>Units of packages that have been installed system-wide</entry>
                       </row>
                     </tbody>
                   </tgroup>
         </refsect1>
 
         <refsect1>
-                <title>Options</title>
+                <title>[Unit] Section Options</title>
 
                 <para>Unit file may include a [Unit] section, which
                 carries generic information about the unit that is not
                                 <literal>man:</literal>. For more
                                 information about the syntax of these
                                 URIs, see
-                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>uri</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>. The
+                                <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>uri</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>. The
                                 URIs should be listed in order of
                                 relevance, starting with the most
                                 relevant. It is a good idea to first
                                 what the unit's purpose is, followed
                                 by how it is configured, followed by
                                 any other related documentation. This
-                                option may be specified more than once
+                                option may be specified more than once,
                                 in which case the specified list of
                                 URIs is merged. If the empty string is
                                 assigned to this option, the list is
                                 <varname>Requires=</varname> and
                                 <varname>RequiresOverridable=</varname>,
                                 respectively. However, if the units
-                                listed here are not started already
+                                listed here are not started already,
                                 they will not be started and the
                                 transaction will fail immediately.
                                 </para></listitem>
                                 listed in this option will be started
                                 if the configuring unit is. However,
                                 if the listed units fail to start
-                                or cannot be added to the transaction
+                                or cannot be added to the transaction,
                                 this has no impact on the validity of
                                 the transaction as a whole. This is
                                 the recommended way to hook start-up
                                 symlinks to a
                                 <filename>.wants/</filename> directory
                                 accompanying the unit file. For
-                                details see above.</para></listitem>
+                                details, see above.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <listitem><para>Configures requirement
                                 dependencies, very similar in style to
                                 <varname>Requires=</varname>, however
-                                in addition to this behavior it also
+                                in addition to this behavior, it also
                                 declares that this unit is stopped
                                 when any of the units listed suddenly
                                 disappears. Units can suddenly,
                                 of units. When systemd stops or restarts
                                 the units listed here, the action is
                                 propagated to this unit.
-                                Note that this is a one way dependency 
+                                Note that this is a one-way dependency 
                                 changes to this unit do not affect the
                                 listed units.
                                 </para></listitem>
                                 be modified to be fixed (in case one
                                 or both jobs are not a required part
                                 of the transaction). In the latter
-                                case the job that is not the required
+                                case, the job that is not the required
                                 will be removed, or in case both are
-                                not required the unit that conflicts
+                                not required, the unit that conflicts
                                 will be started and the unit that is
                                 conflicted is
                                 stopped.</para></listitem>
                                 a common pattern to include a unit
                                 name in both the
                                 <varname>After=</varname> and
-                                <varname>Requires=</varname> option in
+                                <varname>Requires=</varname> option, in
                                 which case the unit listed will be
                                 started before the unit that is
                                 configured with these options. This
                                 dependency on another unit is shut
                                 down while the latter is started up,
                                 the shut down is ordered before the
-                                start-up regardless whether the
+                                start-up regardless of whether the
                                 ordering dependency is actually of
                                 type <varname>After=</varname> or
                                 <varname>Before=</varname>. If two
                                 directives (see
                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                                 for details). If a unit that has this
-                                setting set is started its processes
+                                setting set is started, its processes
                                 will see the same
                                 <filename>/tmp</filename>,
                                 <filename>/tmp/var</filename> and
                                 network namespace as one listed unit
                                 that is started. If multiple listed
-                                units are already started it is not
+                                units are already started, it is not
                                 defined which namespace is
                                 joined. Note that this setting only
                                 has an effect if
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><varname>RequiresMountsFor=</varname></term>
 
-                                <listitem><para>Takes a space-separated
-                                list of absolute paths. Automatically
-                                adds dependencies of type
-                                <varname>Requires=</varname> and
-                                <varname>After=</varname> for all
+                                <listitem><para>Takes a
+                                space-separated list of absolute
+                                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>
+                                specified path.</para>
+
+                                <para>Mount points marked with
+                                <option>noauto</option> are not
+                                mounted automatically and will be
+                                ignored for the purposes of this
+                                option. If such a mount should be a
+                                requirement for this unit,
+                                direct dependencies on the mount
+                                units may be added
+                                (<varname>Requires=</varname> and
+                                <varname>After=</varname> or
+                                some other combination).
+                                </para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
+                                <term><varname>ConditionArchitecture=</varname></term>
+                                <term><varname>ConditionVirtualization=</varname></term>
+                                <term><varname>ConditionHost=</varname></term>
+                                <term><varname>ConditionKernelCommandLine=</varname></term>
+                                <term><varname>ConditionSecurity=</varname></term>
+                                <term><varname>ConditionCapability=</varname></term>
+                                <term><varname>ConditionACPower=</varname></term>
+                                <term><varname>ConditionNeedsUpdate=</varname></term>
+                                <term><varname>ConditionFirstBoot=</varname></term>
                                 <term><varname>ConditionPathExists=</varname></term>
                                 <term><varname>ConditionPathExistsGlob=</varname></term>
                                 <term><varname>ConditionPathIsDirectory=</varname></term>
                                 <term><varname>ConditionDirectoryNotEmpty=</varname></term>
                                 <term><varname>ConditionFileNotEmpty=</varname></term>
                                 <term><varname>ConditionFileIsExecutable=</varname></term>
-                                <term><varname>ConditionKernelCommandLine=</varname></term>
-                                <term><varname>ConditionVirtualization=</varname></term>
-                                <term><varname>ConditionSecurity=</varname></term>
-                                <term><varname>ConditionCapability=</varname></term>
-                                <term><varname>ConditionHost=</varname></term>
-                                <term><varname>ConditionACPower=</varname></term>
                                 <term><varname>ConditionNull=</varname></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Before starting a unit
                                 queued start job is to be
                                 executed.</para>
 
-                                <para>With
-                                <varname>ConditionPathExists=</varname>
-                                a file existence condition is
-                                checked before a unit is started. If
-                                the specified absolute path name does
-                                not exist, the condition will
-                                fail. If the absolute path name passed
-                                to
-                                <varname>ConditionPathExists=</varname>
-                                is prefixed with an exclamation mark
-                                (<literal>!</literal>), the test is negated, and the unit
-                                is only started if the path does not
-                                exist.</para>
-
-                                <para><varname>ConditionPathExistsGlob=</varname>
-                                is similar to
-                                <varname>ConditionPathExists=</varname>,
-                                but checks for the existence of at
-                                least one file or directory matching
-                                the specified globbing pattern.</para>
-
-                                <para><varname>ConditionPathIsDirectory=</varname>
-                                is similar to
-                                <varname>ConditionPathExists=</varname>
-                                but verifies whether a certain path
-                                exists and is a
-                                directory.</para>
-
-                                <para><varname>ConditionPathIsSymbolicLink=</varname>
-                                is similar to
-                                <varname>ConditionPathExists=</varname>
-                                but verifies whether a certain path
-                                exists and is a symbolic
-                                link.</para>
-
-                                <para><varname>ConditionPathIsMountPoint=</varname>
-                                is similar to
-                                <varname>ConditionPathExists=</varname>
-                                but verifies whether a certain path
-                                exists and is a mount
-                                point.</para>
-
-                                <para><varname>ConditionPathIsReadWrite=</varname>
-                                is similar to
-                                <varname>ConditionPathExists=</varname>
-                                but verifies whether the underlying
-                                file system is readable and writable
-                                (i.e. not mounted
-                                read-only).</para>
-
-                                <para><varname>ConditionDirectoryNotEmpty=</varname>
-                                is similar to
-                                <varname>ConditionPathExists=</varname>
-                                but verifies whether a certain path
-                                exists and is a non-empty
-                                directory.</para>
-
-                                <para><varname>ConditionFileNotEmpty=</varname>
-                                is similar to
-                                <varname>ConditionPathExists=</varname>
-                                but verifies whether a certain path
-                                exists and refers to a regular file
-                                with a non-zero size.</para>
-
-                                <para><varname>ConditionFileIsExecutable=</varname>
-                                is similar to
-                                <varname>ConditionPathExists=</varname>
-                                but verifies whether a certain path
-                                exists, is a regular file and marked
-                                executable.</para>
-
-                                <para>Similar,
-                                <varname>ConditionKernelCommandLine=</varname>
-                                may be used to check whether a
-                                specific kernel command line option is
-                                set (or if prefixed with the
-                                exclamation mark unset). The argument
-                                must either be a single word, or an
-                                assignment (i.e. two words, separated
-                                <literal>=</literal>). In the former
-                                case the kernel command line is
-                                searched for the word appearing as is,
-                                or as left hand side of an
-                                assignment. In the latter case the
-                                exact assignment is looked for with
-                                right and left hand side
-                                matching.</para>
+                                <para><varname>ConditionArchitecture=</varname>
+                                may be used to check whether the
+                                system is running on a specific
+                                architecture. Takes one of
+                                <varname>x86</varname>,
+                                <varname>x86-64</varname>,
+                                <varname>ppc</varname>,
+                                <varname>ppc-le</varname>,
+                                <varname>ppc64</varname>,
+                                <varname>ppc64-le</varname>,
+                                <varname>ia64</varname>,
+                                <varname>parisc</varname>,
+                                <varname>parisc64</varname>,
+                                <varname>s390</varname>,
+                                <varname>s390x</varname>,
+                                <varname>sparc</varname>,
+                                <varname>sparc64</varname>,
+                                <varname>mips</varname>,
+                                <varname>mips-le</varname>,
+                                <varname>mips64</varname>,
+                                <varname>mips64-le</varname>,
+                                <varname>alpha</varname>,
+                                <varname>arm</varname>,
+                                <varname>arm-be</varname>,
+                                <varname>arm64</varname>,
+                                <varname>arm64-be</varname>,
+                                <varname>sh</varname>,
+                                <varname>sh64</varname>,
+                                <varname>m86k</varname>,
+                                <varname>tilegx</varname>,
+                                <varname>cris</varname> to test
+                                against a specific architecture. The
+                                architecture is determined from the
+                                information returned by
+                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>uname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                                and is thus subject to
+                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>personality</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>. Note
+                                that a <varname>Personality=</varname>
+                                setting in the same unit file has no
+                                effect on this condition. A special
+                                architecture name
+                                <varname>native</varname> is mapped to
+                                the architecture the system manager
+                                itself is compiled for. The test may
+                                be negated by prepending an
+                                exclamation mark.</para>
 
                                 <para><varname>ConditionVirtualization=</varname>
                                 may be used to check whether the
                                 virtualization solution, or one of
                                 <varname>qemu</varname>,
                                 <varname>kvm</varname>,
+                                <varname>zvm</varname>,
                                 <varname>vmware</varname>,
                                 <varname>microsoft</varname>,
                                 <varname>oracle</varname>,
                                 <varname>xen</varname>,
                                 <varname>bochs</varname>,
-                                <varname>chroot</varname>,
                                 <varname>uml</varname>,
                                 <varname>openvz</varname>,
                                 <varname>lxc</varname>,
                                 test may be negated by prepending an
                                 exclamation mark.</para>
 
+                                <para><varname>ConditionHost=</varname>
+                                may be used to match against the
+                                hostname or machine ID of the
+                                host. This either takes a hostname
+                                string (optionally with shell style
+                                globs) which is tested against the
+                                locally set hostname as returned by
+                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gethostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                                or a machine ID formatted as string
+                                (see
+                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>).
+                                The test may be negated by prepending
+                                an exclamation mark.</para>
+
+                                <para><varname>ConditionKernelCommandLine=</varname>
+                                may be used to check whether a
+                                specific kernel command line option is
+                                set (or if prefixed with the
+                                exclamation mark unset). The argument
+                                must either be a single word, or an
+                                assignment (i.e. two words, separated
+                                <literal>=</literal>). In the former
+                                case the kernel command line is
+                                searched for the word appearing as is,
+                                or as left hand side of an
+                                assignment. In the latter case, the
+                                exact assignment is looked for with
+                                right and left hand side
+                                matching.</para>
+
                                 <para><varname>ConditionSecurity=</varname>
                                 may be used to check whether the given
                                 security module is enabled on the
                                 (i.e. this does not check whether
                                 capability is actually available in
                                 the permitted or effective sets, see
-                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>capabilities</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                                <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>capabilities</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                                 for details). Pass a capability name
                                 such as <literal>CAP_MKNOD</literal>,
                                 possibly prefixed with an exclamation
                                 mark to negate the check.</para>
 
-                                <para><varname>ConditionHost=</varname>
-                                may be used to match against the
-                                hostname or machine ID of the
-                                host. This either takes a hostname
-                                string (optionally with shell style
-                                globs) which is tested against the
-                                locally set hostname as returned by
-                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gethostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
-                                or a machine ID formatted as string
-                                (see
-                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>).
-                                The test may be negated by prepending
-                                an exclamation mark.</para>
-
                                 <para><varname>ConditionACPower=</varname>
                                 may be used to check whether the
                                 system has AC power, or is exclusively
                                 all AC connectors are disconnected
                                 from a power source.</para>
 
+                                <para><varname>ConditionNeedsUpdate=</varname>
+                                takes one of <filename>/var</filename>
+                                or <filename>/etc</filename> as
+                                argument, possibly prefixed with a
+                                <literal>!</literal> (for inverting
+                                the condition). This condition may be
+                                used to conditionalize units on
+                                whether the specified directory
+                                requires an update because
+                                <filename>/usr</filename>'s
+                                modification time is newer than the
+                                stamp file
+                                <filename>.updated</filename> in the
+                                specified directory. This is useful to
+                                implement offline updates of the
+                                vendor operating system resources in
+                                <filename>/usr</filename> that require
+                                updating of <filename>/etc</filename>
+                                or <filename>/var</filename> on the
+                                next following boot. Units making use
+                                of this condition should order
+                                themselves before
+                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-update-done.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                                to make sure they run before the stamp
+                                files's modification time gets reset
+                                indicating a completed update.</para>
+
+                                <para><varname>ConditionFirstBoot=</varname>
+                                takes a boolean argument. This
+                                condition may be used to
+                                conditionalize units on whether the
+                                system is booting up with an
+                                unpopulated <filename>/etc</filename>
+                                directory. This may be used to
+                                populate <filename>/etc</filename> on
+                                the first boot after factory reset, or
+                                when a new system instances boots up
+                                for the first time.</para>
+
+                                <para>With
+                                <varname>ConditionPathExists=</varname>
+                                a file existence condition is
+                                checked before a unit is started. If
+                                the specified absolute path name does
+                                not exist, the condition will
+                                fail. If the absolute path name passed
+                                to
+                                <varname>ConditionPathExists=</varname>
+                                is prefixed with an exclamation mark
+                                (<literal>!</literal>), the test is negated, and the unit
+                                is only started if the path does not
+                                exist.</para>
+
+                                <para><varname>ConditionPathExistsGlob=</varname>
+                                is similar to
+                                <varname>ConditionPathExists=</varname>,
+                                but checks for the existence of at
+                                least one file or directory matching
+                                the specified globbing pattern.</para>
+
+                                <para><varname>ConditionPathIsDirectory=</varname>
+                                is similar to
+                                <varname>ConditionPathExists=</varname>
+                                but verifies whether a certain path
+                                exists and is a
+                                directory.</para>
+
+                                <para><varname>ConditionPathIsSymbolicLink=</varname>
+                                is similar to
+                                <varname>ConditionPathExists=</varname>
+                                but verifies whether a certain path
+                                exists and is a symbolic
+                                link.</para>
+
+                                <para><varname>ConditionPathIsMountPoint=</varname>
+                                is similar to
+                                <varname>ConditionPathExists=</varname>
+                                but verifies whether a certain path
+                                exists and is a mount
+                                point.</para>
+
+                                <para><varname>ConditionPathIsReadWrite=</varname>
+                                is similar to
+                                <varname>ConditionPathExists=</varname>
+                                but verifies whether the underlying
+                                file system is readable and writable
+                                (i.e. not mounted
+                                read-only).</para>
+
+                                <para><varname>ConditionDirectoryNotEmpty=</varname>
+                                is similar to
+                                <varname>ConditionPathExists=</varname>
+                                but verifies whether a certain path
+                                exists and is a non-empty
+                                directory.</para>
+
+                                <para><varname>ConditionFileNotEmpty=</varname>
+                                is similar to
+                                <varname>ConditionPathExists=</varname>
+                                but verifies whether a certain path
+                                exists and refers to a regular file
+                                with a non-zero size.</para>
+
+                                <para><varname>ConditionFileIsExecutable=</varname>
+                                is similar to
+                                <varname>ConditionPathExists=</varname>
+                                but verifies whether a certain path
+                                exists, is a regular file and marked
+                                executable.</para>
+
                                 <para>Finally,
                                 <varname>ConditionNull=</varname> may
                                 be used to add a constant condition
                                 useful for implementation of generator
                                 tools that convert configuration from
                                 an external configuration file format
-                                into native unit files. Thus
+                                into native unit files. This
                                 functionality should not be used in
                                 normal units.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
                 </variablelist>
 
+        </refsect1>
+
+        <refsect1>
+                <title>[Install] Section Options</title>
+
                 <para>Unit file may include a [Install] section, which
                 carries installation information for the unit. This
                 section is not interpreted by
                                 of unit names may be
                                 given.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><varname>DefaultInstance=</varname></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>In template unit files,
+                                this specifies for which instance the
+                                unit shall be enabled if the template
+                                is enabled without any explicitly set
+                                instance. This option has no effect in
+                                non-template unit files. The specified
+                                string must be usable as instance
+                                identifier.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
                 </variablelist>
 
                 <para>The following specifiers are interpreted in the
                       <row>
                         <entry><literal>%N</literal></entry>
                         <entry>Unescaped full unit name</entry>
-                        <entry></entry>
+                        <entry>Same as <literal>%n</literal>, but with escaping undone</entry>
                       </row>
                       <row>
                         <entry><literal>%p</literal></entry>
                         <entry>Prefix name</entry>
-                        <entry>For instantiated units this refers to the string before the @. For non-instantiated units this refers to to the name of the unit with the type suffix removed.</entry>
+                        <entry>For instantiated units, this refers to the string before the <literal>@</literal> character of the unit name. For non-instantiated units, this refers to the name of the unit with the type suffix removed.</entry>
                       </row>
                       <row>
                         <entry><literal>%P</literal></entry>
                         <entry>Unescaped prefix name</entry>
-                        <entry></entry>
+                        <entry>Same as <literal>%p</literal>, but with escaping undone</entry>
                       </row>
                       <row>
                         <entry><literal>%i</literal></entry>
                         <entry>Instance name</entry>
-                        <entry>For instantiated units: this is the string between the <literal>@</literal> character and the suffix.</entry>
+                        <entry>For instantiated units: this is the string between the <literal>@</literal> character and the suffix of the unit name.</entry>
                       </row>
                       <row>
                         <entry><literal>%I</literal></entry>
                         <entry>Unescaped instance name</entry>
-                        <entry></entry>
+                        <entry>Same as <literal>%i</literal>, but with escaping undone</entry>
                       </row>
                       <row>
                         <entry><literal>%f</literal></entry>
                         <entry>Unescaped filename</entry>
-                        <entry>This is either the unescaped instance name (if applicable) with <filename>/</filename> prepended (if applicable), or the prefix name similarly prepended with <filename>/</filename>.</entry>
+                        <entry>This is either the unescaped instance name (if applicable) with <filename>/</filename> prepended (if applicable), or the prefix name prepended with <filename>/</filename>.</entry>
                       </row>
                       <row>
                         <entry><literal>%c</literal></entry>
                         <entry>Control group path of the unit</entry>
-                        <entry></entry>
+                        <entry>This path does not include the <filename>/sys/fs/cgroup/systemd/</filename> prefix.</entry>
                       </row>
                       <row>
                         <entry><literal>%r</literal></entry>
-                        <entry>Root control group path where units are placed.</entry>
-                        <entry>For system instances, this usually resolves to <filename>/system</filename>, except in containers, where the path might be prefixed with the container's root control group.</entry>
+                        <entry>Control group path of the slice the unit is placed in</entry>
+                        <entry>This usually maps to the parent cgroup path of <literal>%c</literal>.</entry>
                       </row>
                       <row>
                         <entry><literal>%R</literal></entry>
-                        <entry>Parent directory of the control group path where units are placed.</entry>
-                        <entry>For system instances, this usually
-                        resolves to <filename>/</filename>, except in
-                        containers, where this resolves to the
-                        container's root directory.</entry>
+                        <entry>Root control group path below which slices and units are placed</entry>
+                        <entry>For system instances, this resolves to <filename>/</filename>, except in containers, where this maps to the container's root control group path.</entry>
                       </row>
                       <row>
                         <entry><literal>%t</literal></entry>
-                        <entry>Runtime socket dir</entry>
-                        <entry>This is either <filename>/run</filename> (for the system manager) or <literal>$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR</literal> (for user managers).</entry>
+                        <entry>Runtime directory</entry>
+                        <entry>This is either <filename>/run</filename> (for the system manager) or the path <literal>$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR</literal> resolves to (for user managers).</entry>
                       </row>
                       <row>
                         <entry><literal>%u</literal></entry>
                       <row>
                         <entry><literal>%U</literal></entry>
                         <entry>User UID</entry>
-                        <entry>This is the UID of the configured user of the unit, or (if none is set) the user running the systemd instance.</entry>
+                        <entry>This is the numeric UID of the configured user of the unit, or (if none is set) the user running the systemd user instance. Note that this specifier is not available for units run by the systemd system instance (as opposed to those run by a systemd user instance), unless the user has been configured as a numeric UID in the first place or the configured user is the root user.</entry>
                       </row>
                       <row>
                         <entry><literal>%h</literal></entry>
                         <entry>User home directory</entry>
-                        <entry>This is the home directory of the configured user of the unit, or (if none is set) the user running the systemd instance.</entry>
+                        <entry>This is the home directory of the configured user of the unit, or (if none is set) the user running the systemd user instance. Similar to <literal>%U</literal>, this specifier is not available for units run by the systemd system instance, unless the configured user is the root user.</entry>
                       </row>
                       <row>
                         <entry><literal>%s</literal></entry>
                         <entry>User shell</entry>
-                        <entry>This is the shell of the configured user of the unit, or (if none is set) the user running the systemd instance.  If the user is <literal>root</literal> (UID equal to 0), the shell configured in account database is ignored and <filename>/bin/sh</filename> is always used.</entry>
+                        <entry>This is the shell of the configured user of the unit, or (if none is set) the user running the systemd user instance. Similar to <literal>%U</literal>, this specifier is not available for units run by the systemd system instance, unless the configured user is the root user.</entry>
                       </row>
                       <row>
                         <entry><literal>%m</literal></entry>
                       <row>
                         <entry><literal>%H</literal></entry>
                         <entry>Host name</entry>
-                        <entry>The hostname of the running system.</entry>
+                        <entry>The hostname of the running system at the point in time the unit configuation is loaded.</entry>
                       </row>
                       <row>
                         <entry><literal>%v</literal></entry>
                         <entry>Kernel release</entry>
-                        <entry>Identical to <command>uname -r</command> output.</entry>
+                        <entry>Identical to <command>uname -r</command> output</entry>
                       </row>
                       <row>
                         <entry><literal>%%</literal></entry>
-                        <entry>Escaped %</entry>
-                        <entry>Single percent sign.</entry>
+                        <entry>Single percent sign</entry>
+                        <entry>Use <literal>%%</literal> in place of <literal>%</literal> to specify a single percent sign.</entry>
                       </row>
                     </tbody>
                   </tgroup>
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.scope</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.slice</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.time</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
-                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>capabilities</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-verify</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                        <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>capabilities</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.directives</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>uname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                 </para>