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diff --git a/man/binfmt.d.xml b/man/binfmt.d.xml
index f5ec805e2..227016616 100644
--- a/man/binfmt.d.xml
+++ b/man/binfmt.d.xml
@@ -7,19 +7,19 @@
   Copyright 2011 Lennart Poettering
 
   systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-  under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+  under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
   (at your option) any later version.
 
   systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
-  General Public License for more details.
+  Lesser General Public License for more details.
 
-  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 -->
-<refentry id="binfmt.d">
+<refentry id="binfmt.d" conditional='ENABLE_BINFMT'>
 
         <refentryinfo>
                 <title>binfmt.d</title>
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@
 
         <refnamediv>
                 <refname>binfmt.d</refname>
-                <refpurpose>Configure additional binary formats at boot</refpurpose>
+                <refpurpose>Configure additional binary formats for
+                executables at boot</refpurpose>
         </refnamediv>
 
         <refsynopsisdiv>
@@ -54,18 +55,19 @@
         <refsect1>
                 <title>Description</title>
 
-		<para><command>systemd</command> uses
-		files from the above directories to configure
-		additional binary formats to register during boot in
-		the kernel.</para>
+                <para>At boot,
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-binfmt.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                reads configuration files from the above directories
+                to register in the kernel additional binary
+                formats for executables.</para>
         </refsect1>
 
         <refsect1>
-		<title>Configuration Format</title>
+                <title>Configuration Format</title>
 
                 <para>Each file contains a list of binfmt_misc kernel
                 binary format rules. Consult <ulink
-                url="http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/binfmt_misc.txt">binfmt_misc.txt</ulink>
+                url="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/binfmt_misc.txt">binfmt_misc.txt</ulink>
                 for more information on registration of additional
                 binary formats and how to write rules.</para>
 
@@ -73,21 +75,30 @@
                 ignored. Note that this means you may not use ; and #
                 as delimiter in binary format rules.</para>
 
-                <para>Each configuration file is named in the style of
-                <filename>&lt;program&gt;.conf</filename>.
-                Files in <filename>/etc/</filename> overwrite
-                files with the same name in <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>.
-                Files in <filename>/run</filename> overwrite files with
-                the same name in <filename>/etc/</filename> and
-                <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>. Packages should install their
-                configuration files in <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>, files
-                in <filename>/etc/</filename> are reserved for the local
-                administration, which possibly decides to overwrite the
-                configurations installed from packages. All files are sorted
-                by filename in alphabetical order, regardless in which of the
-                directories they reside, to ensure that a specific
-                configuration file takes precedence over another file with
-                an alphabetically later name.</para>
+                <para>Each configuration file shall be named in the
+                style of <filename><replaceable>program</replaceable>.conf</filename>.
+                Files in <filename>/etc/</filename> override files
+                with the same name in <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>
+                and <filename>/run/</filename>. Files in
+                <filename>/run/</filename> override files with the
+                same name in <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>. Packages
+                should install their configuration files in
+                <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>, files in
+                <filename>/etc/</filename> are reserved for the local
+                administrator, who may use this logic to override the
+                configuration files installed from vendor
+                packages. All files are sorted by their filename in
+                lexicographic order, regardless of which of the
+                directories they reside in. If multiple files specify
+                the same binary type name, the entry in the file with
+                the lexicographically latest name will be applied.</para>
+
+                <para>If the administrator wants to disable a
+                configuration file supplied by the vendor, the
+                recommended way is to place a symlink to
+                <filename>/dev/null</filename> in
+                <filename>/etc/binfmt.d/</filename> bearing the
+                same filename.</para>
         </refsect1>
 
         <refsect1>
@@ -104,7 +115,9 @@
                 <title>See Also</title>
                 <para>
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
-                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>wine</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-binfmt.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-delta</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                        <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>wine</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                 </para>
         </refsect1>