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 ce5c34f9a209b2c3fee013d3a067dce2b4100cfc..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
-                directories they reside, to guarantee that a specific
-                configuration file takes precedence over another file
-                with an alphabetically earlier 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