man: mention --full and --lines in systemctl status

[elogind.git] / man / systemctl.xml

diff --git a/man/systemctl.xml b/man/systemctl.xml
index 5e55f29287051c154d4c5d7cae903e89096dda62..d454df6477e5264fa073703193f045e321404001 100644 (file)
--- a/man/systemctl.xml
+++ b/man/systemctl.xml
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
         <term><option>--no-legend</option></term>
 
         <listitem>
-          <para>Do not print a legend, i.e.  the column headers and
+          <para>Do not print the legend, i.e. the column headers and
           the footer with hints.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
@@ -719,8 +719,18 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service
             belongs to.</para>
 
             <para>This function is intended to generate human-readable
-            output. If you are looking for computer-parsable output, use
-            <command>show</command> instead.</para>
+            output. If you are looking for computer-parsable output,
+            use <command>show</command> instead. By default this
+            function only shows 10 lines of output and ellipsizes
+            lines to fit in the terminal window. This can be changes
+            with <option>--lines</option> and <option>--full</option>,
+            see above. In addition, <command>journalctl
+            --unit=<replaceable>NAME</replaceable></command> or
+            <command>journalctl
+            --user-unit=<replaceable>NAME</replaceable></command> use
+            a similar filter for messages and might be more
+            convenient.
+            </para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
         <varlistentry>