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diff --git a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
index 785264e3c..58ac995a1 100644
--- a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
+++ b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
                 recommended way is to place a symlink to
                 <filename>/dev/null</filename> in
                 <filename>/etc/tmpfiles.d/</filename> bearing the
-                same file name.</para>
+                same filename.</para>
 
                 <para>The configuration format is one line per path
                 containing action, path, mode, ownership, age and argument
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ L    /tmp/foobar -    -    -    -   /dev/null</programlisting>
                         <variablelist>
                                 <varlistentry>
                                         <term><varname>f</varname></term>
-                                        <listitem><para>Create a file if it doesn't exist yet (optionally writing a short string into it, if the argument parameter is passed)</para></listitem>
+                                        <listitem><para>Create a file if it does not exist yet (optionally writing a short string into it, if the argument parameter is passed)</para></listitem>
                                 </varlistentry>
 
                                 <varlistentry>
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ L    /tmp/foobar -    -    -    -   /dev/null</programlisting>
 
                                 <varlistentry>
                                         <term><varname>d</varname></term>
-                                        <listitem><para>Create a directory if it doesn't exist yet</para></listitem>
+                                        <listitem><para>Create a directory if it does not exist yet</para></listitem>
                                 </varlistentry>
 
                                 <varlistentry>
@@ -132,22 +132,22 @@ L    /tmp/foobar -    -    -    -   /dev/null</programlisting>
 
                                 <varlistentry>
                                         <term><varname>p</varname></term>
-                                        <listitem><para>Create a named pipe (FIFO) if it doesn't exist yet</para></listitem>
+                                        <listitem><para>Create a named pipe (FIFO) if it does not exist yet</para></listitem>
                                 </varlistentry>
 
                                 <varlistentry>
                                         <term><varname>L</varname></term>
-                                        <listitem><para>Create a symlink if it doesn't exist yet</para></listitem>
+                                        <listitem><para>Create a symlink if it does not exist yet</para></listitem>
                                 </varlistentry>
 
                                 <varlistentry>
                                         <term><varname>c</varname></term>
-                                        <listitem><para>Create a character device node if it doesn't exist yet</para></listitem>
+                                        <listitem><para>Create a character device node if it does not exist yet</para></listitem>
                                 </varlistentry>
 
                                 <varlistentry>
                                         <term><varname>b</varname></term>
-                                        <listitem><para>Create a block device node if it doesn't exist yet</para></listitem>
+                                        <listitem><para>Create a block device node if it does not exist yet</para></listitem>
                                 </varlistentry>
 
                                 <varlistentry>
@@ -165,6 +165,21 @@ L    /tmp/foobar -    -    -    -   /dev/null</programlisting>
                                         names.</para></listitem>
                                 </varlistentry>
 
+                                <varlistentry>
+                                        <term><varname>X</varname></term>
+                                        <listitem><para>Ignore a path
+                                        during cleanup. Use this type
+                                        to prevent path removal as
+                                        controlled with the Age parameter.
+                                        Note that if path is a directory,
+                                        content of a directory is not
+                                        excluded from clean-up, only
+                                        directory itself. Lines of this
+                                        type accept shell-style globs
+                                        in place of normal path
+                                        names.</para></listitem>
+                                </varlistentry>
+
                                 <varlistentry>
                                         <term><varname>r</varname></term>
                                         <listitem><para>Remove a file
@@ -307,6 +322,13 @@ L    /tmp/foobar -    -    -    -   /dev/null</programlisting>
                         <programlisting>d /var/run/screens  1777 root root 10d
 d /var/run/uscreens 0755 root root 10d12h</programlisting>
                 </example>
+                <example>
+                        <title>/etc/tmpfiles.d/abrt.conf example</title>
+                        <para><command>abrt</command> needs a directory created at boot with specific mode and ownership and its content should be preserved.</para>
+
+                        <programlisting>d /var/tmp/abrt 0755 abrt abrt
+x /var/tmp/abrt/*</programlisting>
+                </example>
         </refsect1>
 
         <refsect1>