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diff --git a/man/systemctl.xml b/man/systemctl.xml
index 6e4b203d8..2eb153e73 100644
--- a/man/systemctl.xml
+++ b/man/systemctl.xml
@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@
Do not ellipsize unit
- names in the output of
+ names and truncate unit descriptions
+ in the output of
list-units and
list-jobs.
@@ -154,13 +155,13 @@
- Do not synchronously wait for
- the requested operation to finish. If this is
- not specified the job will be verified,
- enqueued and systemctl will
- wait until it is completed. By passing this
- argument it is only verified and
- enqueued.
+ Do not synchronously wait for
+ the requested operation to finish. If this is
+ not specified the job will be verified,
+ enqueued and systemctl will
+ wait until it is completed. By passing this
+ argument it is only verified and
+ enqueued.
@@ -341,8 +342,21 @@
Start the unit
specified on the command line and its
- dependencies and stop all
- others.
+ dependencies and stop all others.
+
+ This is similar to changing the
+ runlevel in a traditional init system. The
+ isolate command will
+ immediately stop processes that are not
+ enabled in the new unit, possibly including
+ the graphical environment or terminal you
+ are currently using.
+
+ Note that this works only on units
+ where is
+ enabled. See
+ systemd.unit5
+ for details.is-active [NAME...]
@@ -357,7 +371,7 @@
state to STDOUT.
- status [NAME...]
+ status [NAME...|PID...]Show terse runtime
status information about one or more
@@ -365,7 +379,10 @@
generate human-readable output. If you
are looking for computer-parsable
output, use show
- instead.
+ instead. If a PID is passed
+ information about the unit the process
+ of the PID belongs to is
+ shown.
show [NAME...|JOB...]
@@ -392,18 +409,19 @@
- reset-maintenance [NAME...]
+ reset-failed [NAME...]
- Reset maintenance
- state of the specified units, or if no
- unit name is passed of all units. When
- a unit fails in some way (i.e. process
- exiting with non-zero error code,
- terminating abnormally or timing out)
- it will automatically enter
- maintenance state and its exit codes
- and status is recorded for
- introspection by the administrator
+ Reset the
+ 'failed' state of the
+ specified units, or if no unit name is
+ passed of all units. When a unit fails
+ in some way (i.e. process exiting with
+ non-zero error code, terminating
+ abnormally or timing out) it will
+ automatically enter the
+ 'failed' state and
+ its exit code and status is recorded
+ for introspection by the administrator
until the service is restarted or
reset with this
command.
@@ -427,7 +445,7 @@
does not have the effect that any of
the units enabled are also started at
the same time. If this is desired a
- seperate start
+ separate start
command must be invoked for the
unit.