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Add sabridge for socket activation of traditional daemons
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                                 <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>
                         <listitem><para>Slice units may be used to
                         group units which manage system processes
                         (such as service and scope units) in a
-                        hierachial tree for resource management
+                        hierarchical tree for resource management
                         purposes. See
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.slice</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></listitem>
 
                 <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>
                                 option prefixed with
                                 <literal>rd.</literal> is honored
                                 only in the initial RAM disk (initrd),
-                                while the one that isn't prefixed only
+                                while the one that is not prefixed only
                                 in the main system.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                                 <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>
+                                argument. If <option>true</option>,
                                 shows terse service status updates on
                                 the console during bootup. Defaults to
                                 <option>true</option>, unless
                                 <term><varname>systemd.setenv=</varname></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Takes a string
-                                argument in the form
-                                VARIABLE=VALUE. May be used to set
-                                environment variables for the init
-                                process and all its children at boot
-                                time. May be used more than once to
-                                set multiple variables. If the equal
-                                sign and variable are missing it unsets
-                                an environment variable which might be
-                                passed in from the initial ram
-                                disk.</para></listitem>
+                                argument in the form VARIABLE=VALUE.
+                                May be used to set default environment
+                                variables to add to forked child processes.
+                                May be used more than once to set multiple
+                                variables.</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>,