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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 -->
 
-<refentry id="hostname">
+<refentry id="vconsole.conf">
         <refentryinfo>
                 <title>vconsole.conf</title>
                 <productname>systemd</productname>
                 and console font.</para>
 
                 <para>The basic file format of the
-                <filename>vconsole.conf</filename> is a set of
-                environment-like shell-compatible variable
-                assignments. It is possible to source the
-                configuration from shell scripts, however, beyond mere
-                variable assignments no shell features are supported,
-                allowing applications to read the file without
-                containing a shell compatible execution engine.</para>
+                <filename>vconsole.conf</filename> is a
+                newline-separated list environment-like
+                shell-compatible variable assignments. It is possible
+                to source the configuration from shell scripts,
+                however, beyond mere variable assignments no shell
+                features are supported, allowing applications to read
+                the file without implementing a shell compatible
+                execution engine.</para>
 
                 <para>Note that the kernel command line options
                 <varname>vconsole.keymap=</varname>,
                 <varname>vconsole.keymap.toggle=</varname>,
                 <varname>vconsole.font=</varname>,
                 <varname>vconsole.font.map=</varname>,
-                <varname>vconsole.font.unimap=</varname> can be used
+                <varname>vconsole.font.unimap=</varname> may be used
                 to override the console settings at boot.</para>
 
                 <para>Depending on the operating system other
                 </variablelist>
         </refsect1>
 
+        <refsect1>
+                <title>Example</title>
+
+                <example>
+                        <title>German keyboard and console</title>
+
+                        <para><filename>/etc/vconsole.conf:</filename></para>
+
+                        <programlisting>KEYMAP=de-latin1
+FONT=latarcyrheb-sun16</programlisting>
+                </example>
+
+        </refsect1>
+
         <refsect1>
                   <title>See Also</title>
                   <para>