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diff --git a/udevd.8 b/udevd.8
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--- a/udevd.8
+++ b/udevd.8
@@ -1,23 +1,8 @@
 .TH UDEVD 8 "February 2004" "" "Linux Administrator's Manual"
 .SH NAME
-udevd \- udev event serializer daemon
-.br
-udevsend \- sends the event to udevd
+udevd, udevdsend \- udev event serializer daemon and udev event sender
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .BI udevsend " hotplug-subsystem"
-.sp
-The environment must provide the following variables:
-.TP
-.B ACTION
-.IR add " or " remove
-signifies the connection or disconnection of a device.
-.TP
-.B DEVPATH
-The sysfs devpath of the device without the mountpoint but a leading slash.
-.TP
-.B SEQNUM
-The sequence number of the event provided by the kernel.
-If unset, the event bypasses the queue and will be executed immediately.
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
 .B udevd
 allows the serialization of
@@ -26,21 +11,23 @@ events. The events generated by the kernel may arrive in random order
 in userspace, that makes it neccessary to reorder them.
 .br
 .B udevd
-takes care of the kernel supplied sequence number and arranges the events for
-execution in the correct order. Missing sequences delay the execution of the
-following events until a timeout of a maximum of 5 seconds is reached.
+takes care of the kernel supplied
+.B SEQNUM
+sequence number and arranges the events for execution in the correct order.
+Missing sequences delay the execution of the following events until a timeout
+is reached. Events without any sequence number are bypassing the queue and
+will be executed immediately.
 .br
 For each event a
 .BR udev (8)
-instance is executed in the background. All further events for the same device
-are delayed until the execution is finished. This way there will never be more
-than one instance running for a single device at the same time.
+instance is executed in the background with the complete environment received
+by the hotplug event. All further events for the same device are delayed until
+the execution is finished. This way there will never be more than one instance
+running for a single device at the same time.
 .br
 .B udevd
 receives the events from
 .B udevsend
-which is called by
-.BR hotplug (8).
 If
 .B udevd
 isn't already running,