X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fsd_journal_open.xml;h=28d164add717922dce16dbf02e3198f4d043319b;hb=44ded3abc28620279633f51a05f2416e5aa3e8e2;hp=d7ea8ff95b4fe9c2cf6a9b8c4be8bdf046fa8257;hpb=74d005783e355acc784d123024e33bbb66ef9ef1;p=elogind.git

diff --git a/man/sd_journal_open.xml b/man/sd_journal_open.xml
index d7ea8ff95..28d164add 100644
--- a/man/sd_journal_open.xml
+++ b/man/sd_journal_open.xml
@@ -131,6 +131,13 @@
                 can be rotated at any moment, and the opening of
                 specific files is inherently racy.</para>
 
+                <para><varname>sd_journal</varname> objects cannot be
+                used in the child after a fork. Functions which take a
+                journal object as an argument
+                (<function>sd_journal_next()</function> and others)
+                will return <constant>-ECHILD</constant> after a fork.
+                </para>
+
                 <para><function>sd_journal_close()</function> will
                 close the journal context allocated with
                 <function>sd_journal_open()</function> or
@@ -191,8 +198,7 @@
                 <function>sd_journal_close()</function> interfaces are
                 available as a shared library, which can be compiled and
                 linked to with the
-                <constant>libsystemd-journal</constant>
-                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                <constant>libsystemd-journal</constant> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                 file.</para>
         </refsect1>