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diff --git a/man/sd_notify.xml b/man/sd_notify.xml
index 9d9ea4132..606ee1e57 100644
--- a/man/sd_notify.xml
+++ b/man/sd_notify.xml
@@ -8,16 +8,16 @@
   Copyright 2010 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/>.
 -->
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
         <refnamediv>
                 <refname>sd_notify</refname>
                 <refname>sd_notifyf</refname>
-                <refpurpose>Notify init system about start-up completion and other daemon status changes</refpurpose>
+                <refpurpose>Notify service manager about start-up completion and other daemon status changes</refpurpose>
         </refnamediv>
 
         <refsynopsisdiv>
@@ -156,12 +156,19 @@
                                 <term>WATCHDOG=1</term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Tells systemd to
-                                update the watchdog timestamp.
-                                Services using this feature should do
-                                this in regular intervals. A watchdog
-                                framework can use the timestamps to
-                                detect failed
-                                services.</para></listitem>
+                                update the watchdog timestamp. This is
+                                the keep-alive ping that services need
+                                to issue in regular intervals if
+                                <varname>WatchdogSec=</varname> is
+                                enabled for it. See
+                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                                for details. It is recommended to send
+                                this message if the
+                                <varname>WATCHDOG_USEC=</varname>
+                                environment variable has been set for
+                                the service process, in every half the
+                                time interval that is specified in the
+                                variable.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
                 </variablelist>
 
@@ -236,7 +243,7 @@
                 file. Alternatively, applications consuming these APIs
                 may copy the implementation into their source tree. For
                 more details about the reference implementation see
-                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_daemon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-daemon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
 
                 <para>If the reference implementation is used as
                 drop-in files and -DDISABLE_SYSTEMD is set during
@@ -303,7 +310,7 @@
                 <title>See Also</title>
                 <para>
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
-                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_daemon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-daemon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>daemon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                 </para>