man: fix description of file order application

[elogind.git] / man / sysctl.d.xml

diff --git a/man/sysctl.d.xml b/man/sysctl.d.xml
index 69e96ee9e580aaf963602aa2fccd84beb56323f6..155427cecf03d09b5a61ab97fe5bb3888e1926d5 100644 (file)
--- a/man/sysctl.d.xml
+++ b/man/sysctl.d.xml
@@ -90,10 +90,12 @@
                 configuration files installed by vendor packages. All
                 configuration files are sorted by their filename in
                 alphabetical order, regardless in which of the
                 configuration files installed by vendor packages. All
                 configuration files are sorted by their filename in
                 alphabetical order, regardless in which of the

-                directories they reside, to guarantee that a specific
-                configuration file takes precedence over another file
-                with an alphabetically later name, if both files
-                contain the same variable setting.</para>
+                directories they reside. If multiple files specify the
+                same variable name, the entry in the file with the
+                alphabetically latest name will be applied. It is
+                recommended to prefix all filenames with a two-digit
+                number and a dash, to simplify the ordering of the
+                files.</para>

 
                 <para>If the administrator wants to disable a
                 configuration file supplied by the vendor, the
 
                 <para>If the administrator wants to disable a
                 configuration file supplied by the vendor, the