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diff --git a/man/sd_journal_seek_head.xml b/man/sd_journal_seek_head.xml
index b6a9a731c..b10f069e8 100644
--- a/man/sd_journal_seek_head.xml
+++ b/man/sd_journal_seek_head.xml
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
sd_journal_seek_head()
seeks to the beginning of the journal, i.e. the oldest
- avilable entry.
+ available entry.
Similar,
sd_journal_seek_tail() may be
@@ -110,12 +110,17 @@
(wallclock) timestamp, i.e. CLOCK_REALTIME. Note that
the realtime clock is not necessary monotonic. If a
realtime timestamp is ambiguous it is not defined
- which position is seeked to.
+ which position is sought to.
sd_journal_seek_cursor()
seeks to the entry located at the specified cursor
string. For details on cursors see
- sd_journal_get_cursor3.
+ sd_journal_get_cursor3. If
+ no entry matching the specified cursor is found the
+ call will seek to the next closest entry (in terms of
+ time) instead. To verify whether the newly selected
+ entry actually matches the cursor use
+ sd_journal_test_cursor3.
Note that these calls do not actually make any
entry the new current entry, this needs to be done in
@@ -125,12 +130,12 @@
may be retrieved via
sd_journal_get_data3. If
no entry exists that matches exactly the specified
- seek address the next closest is seeked to. If
+ seek address the next closest is sought to. If
sd_journal_next3
- is used the closest following entry will be seeked to,
+ is used the closest following entry will be sought to,
if
sd_journal_previous3
- is used the closest preceeding entry is seeked
+ is used the closest preceding entry is sought
to.