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diff --git a/man/sd_journal_open.xml b/man/sd_journal_open.xml
index d7ea8ff95..bb3703d01 100644
--- a/man/sd_journal_open.xml
+++ b/man/sd_journal_open.xml
@@ -131,6 +131,13 @@
                 can be rotated at any moment, and the opening of
                 specific files is inherently racy.</para>
 
+                <para><varname>sd_journal</varname> objects cannot be
+                used in the child after a fork. Functions which take a
+                journal object as an argument
+                (<function>sd_journal_next()</function> and others)
+                will return <constant>-ECHILD</constant> after a fork.
+                </para>
+
                 <para><function>sd_journal_close()</function> will
                 close the journal context allocated with
                 <function>sd_journal_open()</function> or
@@ -139,7 +146,7 @@
 
                 <para>When opening the journal only journal files
                 accessible to the calling user will be opened. If
-                journal files are not accessible to the caller this
+                journal files are not accessible to the caller, this
                 will be silently ignored.</para>
 
                 <para>See
@@ -191,8 +198,7 @@
                 <function>sd_journal_close()</function> interfaces are
                 available as a shared library, which can be compiled and
                 linked to with the
-                <constant>libsystemd-journal</constant>
-                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                <constant>libsystemd-journal</constant> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                 file.</para>
         </refsect1>