<listitem><para>Instead of using the
<function>syslog()</function> call to log directly to the
- system logger, a new-style daemon may
+ system syslog service, a new-style daemon may
choose to simply log to STDERR via
<function>fprintf()</function>, which is then forwarded to
syslog by the init system. If log
machines, and optionally allows their
installation even on machines lacking
systemd. (Modification of this snippet for the
- user unit directory is left as an excercise for the
+ user unit directory is left as an exercise for the
reader.)</para>
<para>Additionally, to ensure that