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man: document unit names in systemd-tmpfiles(8)
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         <refsect1>
                 <title>Description</title>
 
-               <para><command>systemd-tmpfiles</command> uses the
-               configuration files from the above directories to describe the
-               creation, cleaning and removal of volatile and
-               temporary files and directories which usually reside
-               in directories such as <filename>/run</filename>
-               or <filename>/tmp</filename>.</para>
+                <para><command>systemd-tmpfiles</command> uses the
+                configuration files from the above directories to describe the
+                creation, cleaning and removal of volatile and
+                temporary files and directories which usually reside
+                in directories such as <filename>/run</filename>
+                or <filename>/tmp</filename>.</para>
         </refsect1>
 
         <refsect1>
-               <title>Configuration Format</title>
+                <title>Configuration Format</title>
 
                 <para>Each configuration file shall be named in the
                 style of <filename>&lt;program&gt;.conf</filename>.
@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@
                 <filename>/etc/tmpfiles.d/</filename> bearing the
                 same file name.</para>
 
-               <para>The configuration format is one line per path
-               containing action, path, mode, ownership, age and argument
-               fields:</para>
+                <para>The configuration format is one line per path
+                containing action, path, mode, ownership, age and argument
+                fields:</para>
 
                 <programlisting>Type Path        Mode UID  GID  Age Argument
 d    /run/user   0755 root root 10d -
@@ -267,6 +267,12 @@ L    /tmp/foobar -    -    -    -   /dev/null</programlisting>
                         <para>The age field only applies to lines starting with
                         d, D and x. If omitted or set to - no automatic clean-up
                         is done.</para>
+
+                        <para>If the age field starts with a tilde
+                        character (~) the clean-up is only applied to
+                        files and directories one level inside the
+                        directory specified, but not the files and
+                        directories immediately inside it.</para>
                 </refsect2>
 
                 <refsect2>