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diff --git a/man/systemd.journal-fields.xml b/man/systemd.journal-fields.xml
index 99b1caab9..6a9fd9d85 100644
--- a/man/systemd.journal-fields.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.journal-fields.xml
@@ -53,11 +53,12 @@
                 <para>Entries in the journal resemble an environment
                 block in their syntax, however with fields that can
                 include binary data. Primarily, fields are formatted
-                ASCII strings, and binary formatting is used only
-                where formatting as ASCII makes little sense. New
-                fields may be freely defined by applications, but a
-                few fields have special meaning. All fields with
-                special meaning are optional.</para>
+                UTF-8 text strings, and binary formatting is used only
+                where formatting as UTF-8 text strings makes little
+                sense. New fields may freely be defined by
+                applications, but a few fields have special
+                meaning. All fields with special meanings are
+                optional.</para>
         </refsect1>
 
         <refsect1>
@@ -74,9 +75,11 @@
                                         message string for this
                                         entry. This is supposed to be
                                         the primary text shown to the
-                                        user. It is not translated,
-                                        and is not supposed to be
-                                        parsed for meta data.</para>
+                                        user. It is usually not
+                                        translated (but might be in
+                                        some cases), and is not
+                                        supposed to be parsed for meta
+                                        data.</para>
                                 </listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
@@ -281,8 +284,8 @@
                                         journal protocol, for the
                                         those read from a services'
                                         standard output or error
-                                        output, resp. for those read
-                                        from the kernel.
+                                        output, and for those read
+                                        from the kernel, resp.
                                         </para>
                                 </listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
@@ -296,7 +299,12 @@
                 addresses of journal entries are serialized into
                 fields prefixed with double underscores. Note that
                 these aren't proper fields when stored in the journal,
-                but addressing meta data of entries.</para>
+                but addressing meta data of entries. They cannot be
+                written as part of structured log entries via calls
+                such as
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_send</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>. They
+                may also not be used as matches for
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_add_match</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry></para>
 
                 <variablelist>
                         <varlistentry>
@@ -353,7 +361,8 @@
                   <para>
                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
-                          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journald.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journald.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-journal</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                   </para>
         </refsect1>