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diff --git a/man/systemd.service.xml b/man/systemd.service.xml
index 564c7922c..491c3df1c 100644
--- a/man/systemd.service.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.service.xml
@@ -535,18 +535,20 @@
it will be
restarted only when it exited with an
exit code not equalling 0, when
- terminated by a signal, when an
- operation times out or when the
+ terminated by a signal (including on
+ core dump), when an operation (such as
+ service reload) times out or when the
configured watchdog timeout is
triggered. If set to
it will be
restarted only if it exits due to
- reception of an uncaught signal. If
- set to the
- service will be restarted regardless
- whether it exited cleanly or not,
- got terminated abnormally by a
- signal or hit a timeout.
+ reception of an uncaught signal
+ (including on core dump). If set to
+ the service
+ will be restarted regardless whether
+ it exited cleanly or not, got
+ terminated abnormally by a signal or
+ hit a timeout.
@@ -756,15 +758,27 @@
are allowed (defaults to 5). These
configuration options are particularly
useful in conjunction with
- Restart=. Note that
- units which are configured for
- Restart= and which
- reach the start limit are not
+ Restart=, however
+ apply to all kinds of starts
+ (including manual), not just those
+ triggered by the
+ Restart= logic.
+ Note that units which are configured
+ for Restart= and
+ which reach the start limit are not
attempted to be restarted anymore,
however they may still be restarted
manually at a later point from which
point on the restart logic is again
- activated.
+ activated. Note that
+ systemctl
+ reset-failed will cause the
+ restart rate counter for a service to
+ be flushed, which is useful if the
+ administrator wants to manually start
+ a service and the start limit
+ interferes with
+ that.