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diff --git a/man/machine-info.xml b/man/machine-info.xml
index e27b60021..7448e68fd 100644
--- a/man/machine-info.xml
+++ b/man/machine-info.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
                 <title>Description</title>
 
                 <para>The <filename>/etc/machine-info</filename> file
-                contains machine meta data.</para>
+                contains machine metadata.</para>
 
                 <para>The basic file format of
                 <filename>machine-info</filename> is a
@@ -68,18 +68,23 @@
                 execution engine.</para>
 
                 <para><filename>/etc/machine-info</filename> contains
-                meta data about the machine that is set by the user or
+                metadata about the machine that is set by the user or
                 administrator.</para>
 
                 <para>Depending on the operating system other
                 configuration files might be checked for machine
                 information as well, however only as fallback.</para>
+
+                <para>You may use
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostnamectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                to change the settings of this file from the command
+                line.</para>
         </refsect1>
 
         <refsect1>
                 <title>Options</title>
 
-                <para>The following machine meta data parameters may
+                <para>The following machine metadata parameters may
                 be set using
                 <filename>/etc/machine-info</filename>:</para>
 
@@ -89,22 +94,22 @@
                                 <term><varname>PRETTY_HOSTNAME=</varname></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>A pretty
-                                human-readable UTF8 machine identifier
+                                human-readable UTF-8 machine identifier
                                 string. This should contain a name
                                 like <literal>Lennart's
                                 Laptop</literal> which is useful to
                                 present to the user and does not
                                 suffer by the syntax limitations of
-                                internet domain names. If possible the
-                                internet host name as configured in
+                                internet domain names. If possible, the
+                                internet hostname as configured in
                                 <filename>/etc/hostname</filename>
                                 should be kept similar to this
                                 one. Example: if this value is
                                 <literal>Lennart's Computer</literal>
-                                an Internet host name of
+                                an Internet hostname of
                                 <literal>lennarts-computer</literal>
                                 might be a good choice. If this
-                                parameter is not set an application
+                                parameter is not set, an application
                                 should fall back to the Internet host
                                 name for presentation
                                 purposes.</para></listitem>
@@ -117,12 +122,40 @@
                                 this machine according to the <ulink
                                 url="http://standards.freedesktop.org/icon-naming-spec/icon-naming-spec-latest.html">XDG
                                 Icon Naming Specification</ulink>. If
-                                this parameter is not set an
+                                this parameter is not set, an
                                 application should fall back to
                                 <literal>computer</literal> or a
                                 similar icon name.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><varname>CHASSIS=</varname></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>The chassis
+                                type. Currently, the following chassis
+                                types are defined:
+                                <literal>desktop</literal>,
+                                <literal>laptop</literal>,
+                                <literal>server</literal>,
+                                <literal>tablet</literal>,
+                                <literal>handset</literal>, as well as
+                                the special chassis types
+                                <literal>vm</literal> and
+                                <literal>container</literal> for
+                                virtualized systems that lack an
+                                immediate physical chassis. Note that
+                                many systems allow detection of the
+                                chassis type automatically (based on
+                                firmware information or
+                                suchlike). This setting (if set) shall
+                                take precedence over automatically
+                                detected information and is useful to
+                                override misdetected configuration or
+                                to manually configure the chassis type
+                                where automatic detection is not
+                                available.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
                 </variablelist>
 
         </refsect1>
@@ -130,8 +163,9 @@
         <refsect1>
                 <title>Example</title>
 
-                <programlisting>PRETTY_HOSTNAME="Lennart's Computer"
-ICON_NAME=computer-laptop</programlisting>
+                <programlisting>PRETTY_HOSTNAME="Lennart's Tablet"
+ICON_NAME=computer-tablet
+CHASSIS=tablet</programlisting>
         </refsect1>
 
         <refsect1>
@@ -140,7 +174,9 @@ ICON_NAME=computer-laptop</programlisting>
                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>os-release</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
-                          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostnamectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-hostnamed.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                   </para>
         </refsect1>