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diff --git a/man/systemd.path.xml b/man/systemd.path.xml
index 10d8f7300..1975142d2 100644
--- a/man/systemd.path.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.path.xml
@@ -9,16 +9,16 @@
   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/>.
 -->
 
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@
 
         <refnamediv>
                 <refname>systemd.path</refname>
-                <refpurpose>systemd path configuration files</refpurpose>
+                <refpurpose>Path unit configuration</refpurpose>
         </refnamediv>
 
         <refsynopsisdiv>
-                <para><filename>systemd.path</filename></para>
+                <para><filename><replaceable>path</replaceable>.path</filename></para>
         </refsynopsisdiv>
 
         <refsect1>
@@ -84,20 +84,19 @@
                 used to monitor files or directories changed by other
                 machines on remote NFS file systems.</para>
 
-                <para>If an path unit is beneath another mount
+                <para>If a path unit is beneath another mount
                 point in the file system hierarchy, a dependency
                 between both units is created automatically.</para>
 
-                <para>Unless <varname>DefaultDependencies=</varname>
-                is set to <option>false</option>, path units will
-                implicitly have dependencies of type
-                <varname>Conflicts=</varname> and
+                <para>Unless <varname>DefaultDependencies=false</varname>
+                is used, path units will implicitly have dependencies of
+                type <varname>Conflicts=</varname> and
                 <varname>Before=</varname> on
                 <filename>shutdown.target</filename>. These ensure
                 that path units are terminated cleanly prior to system
                 shutdown. Only path units involved with early boot or
-                late system shutdown should disable this
-                option.</para>
+                late system shutdown should disable this option.
+                </para>
         </refsect1>
 
         <refsect1>
@@ -108,11 +107,12 @@
                 monitors. The options specific to the [Path] section
                 of path units are the following:</para>
 
-                <variablelist>
+                <variablelist class='unit-directives'>
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><varname>PathExists=</varname></term>
                                 <term><varname>PathExistsGlob=</varname></term>
                                 <term><varname>PathChanged=</varname></term>
+                                <term><varname>PathModified=</varname></term>
                                 <term><varname>DirectoryNotEmpty=</varname></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Defines paths to
@@ -124,13 +124,21 @@
                                 is
                                 activated. <varname>PathExistsGlob=</varname>
                                 works similar, but checks for the
-                                existance of at least one file
+                                existence of at least one file
                                 matching the globbing pattern
                                 specified. <varname>PathChanged=</varname>
                                 may be used to watch a file or
                                 directory and activate the configured
-                                unit whenever it changes or is
-                                modified. <varname>DirectoryNotEmpty=</varname>
+                                unit whenever it changes. It is not
+                                activated on every write to the
+                                watched file but it is activated if
+                                the file which was open for writing
+                                gets
+                                closed. <varname>PathModified=</varname>
+                                is similar, but additionally it is
+                                activated also on simple writes to the
+                                watched file.
+                                <varname>DirectoryNotEmpty=</varname>
                                 may be used to watch a directory and
                                 activate the configured unit whenever
                                 it contains at least one file.</para>
@@ -141,9 +149,14 @@
 
                                 <para>Multiple directives may be
                                 combined, of the same and of different
-                                types, to watch multiple paths.</para>
-
-                                <para>If a path is already existing
+                                types, to watch multiple paths. If the
+                                empty string is assigned to any of
+                                these options the list of paths to
+                                watch is reset, and any prior
+                                assignments of these options will not
+                                have any effect.</para>
+
+                                <para>If a path already exists
                                 (in case of
                                 <varname>PathExists=</varname> and
                                 <varname>PathExistsGlob=</varname>) or
@@ -154,11 +167,15 @@
                                 activated, then the configured unit is
                                 immediately activated as
                                 well. Something similar does not apply
-                                to
-                                <varname>PathChanged=</varname>. The
-                                latter is not activated on simple
-                                writes but only if files with were
-                                opened for writing are closed.
+                                to <varname>PathChanged=</varname> and
+                                <varname>PathModified=</varname>.</para>
+
+                                <para>If the path itself or any of the
+                                containing directories are not
+                                accessible, <command>systemd</command>
+                                will watch for permission changes and
+                                notice that conditions are satisfied
+                                when permissions allow that.
                                 </para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
                         <varlistentry>
@@ -210,7 +227,8 @@
                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
-                          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>inotify</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>inotify</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.directives</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                   </para>
         </refsect1>