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                                 configuration items understood in unit
                                 definition files.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
-                        <varlistentry>
-                                <term><option>--introspect=</option></term>
-
-                                <listitem><para>Extract D-Bus
-                                interface introspection data. This is
-                                mostly useful at install time
-                                to generate data suitable for the
-                                D-Bus interfaces
-                                repository. Optionally the interface
-                                name for the introspection data may be
-                                specified. If omitted, the
-                                introspection data for all interfaces
-                                is dumped.</para></listitem>
-                        </varlistentry>
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><option>--unit=</option></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Set default unit to
-                                activate on startup. If not specified
+                                activate on startup. If not specified,
                                 defaults to
                                 <filename>default.target</filename>.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Highlight important
                                 log messages. Argument is a boolean
-                                value. If the argument is omitted it
+                                value. If the argument is omitted, it
                                 defaults to
                                 <option>true</option>.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
                 and ordering dependencies are placed between two
                 units. Also note that the majority of dependencies are
                 implicitly created and maintained by systemd. In most
-                cases it should be unnecessary to declare additional
+                cases, it should be unnecessary to declare additional
                 dependencies manually, however it is possible to do
                 this.</para>
 
                 <filename>multi-user.target</filename> (for limited
                 console-only boots for use in embedded or server
                 environments, or similar; a subset of
-                graphical.target). However it is at the discretion of
+                graphical.target). However, it is at the discretion of
                 the administrator to configure it as an alias to any
                 other target unit. See
                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.special</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                 <filename>/proc</filename>.</para>
 
                 <para>For more information about the concepts and
-                ideas behind systemd please refer to the <ulink
+                ideas behind systemd, please refer to the <ulink
                 url="http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/systemd.html">Original
                 Design Document</ulink>.</para>
 
                                 <term><varname>systemd.dump_core=</varname></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
-                                argument. If <option>true</option>
+                                argument. If <option>true</option>,
                                 systemd dumps core when it
-                                crashes. Otherwise no core dump is
+                                crashes. Otherwise, no core dump is
                                 created. Defaults to
                                 <option>true</option>.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
                                 <term><varname>systemd.crash_shell=</varname></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
-                                argument. If <option>true</option>
+                                argument. If <option>true</option>,
                                 systemd spawns a shell when it
-                                crashes. Otherwise no shell is
+                                crashes. Otherwise, no shell is
                                 spawned. Defaults to
                                 <option>false</option>, for security
                                 reasons, as the shell is not protected
                                 <term><varname>systemd.confirm_spawn=</varname></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
-                                argument. If <option>true</option>
+                                argument. If <option>true</option>,
                                 asks for confirmation when spawning
                                 processes. Defaults to
                                 <option>false</option>.</para></listitem>
                                 <term><varname>systemd.show_status=</varname></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
-                                argument. If <option>true</option>
-                                shows terse service status updates on
-                                the console during bootup. Defaults to
+                                argument or the constant
+                                <constant>auto</constant>. If
+                                <option>true</option>, shows terse
+                                service status updates on the console
+                                during bootup.
+                                <constant>auto</constant> behaves like
+                                <option>false</option> until a service
+                                fails or there is a significant delay
+                                in boot. Defaults to
                                 <option>true</option>, unless
                                 <option>quiet</option> is passed as
                                 kernel command line option in which
                                 case it defaults to
-                                <option>false</option>.</para></listitem>
+                                <constant>auto</constant>.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
+                                <term><varname>-b</varname></term>
                                 <term><varname>emergency</varname></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Boot into emergency
         <refsect1>
                 <title>See Also</title>
                 <para>
+                        The <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/">systemd Homepage</ulink>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-system.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>locale.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,