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diff --git a/man/os-release.xml b/man/os-release.xml
index 4e02f800b..b29830494 100644
--- a/man/os-release.xml
+++ b/man/os-release.xml
@@ -90,11 +90,15 @@
files at the same
time. /usr/lib/os-release is the
recommended place to store OS release information as
- part of vendor trees. Frequently,
- /etc/os-release is simply a
- symlink to /usr/lib/os-release,
+ part of vendor trees.
+ /etc/os-release should be a
+ relative symlink to
+ /usr/lib/os-release,
to provide compatibility with applications only
- looking at /etc.
+ looking at /etc. A relative
+ symlink instead of an absolute symlink is
+ necessary to avoid breaking the link in a chroot or
+ initrd environment such as dracut.
os-release contains data
that is defined by the operating system vendor and