man: resolve word omissions

[elogind.git] / man / systemctl.xml

diff --git a/man/systemctl.xml b/man/systemctl.xml
index 5e55f29287051c154d4c5d7cae903e89096dda62..6f51135c86e90c6a3d7e9cf62deac82780e1c9ec 100644 (file)
--- a/man/systemctl.xml
+++ b/man/systemctl.xml
@@ -174,10 +174,11 @@ along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
         <term><option>--full</option></term>
 
         <listitem>
-          <para>Do not ellipsize unit names, process tree entries, and
-          truncate unit descriptions in the output of
-          <command>list-units</command> and
-          <command>list-jobs</command>.</para>
+          <para>Do not ellipsize unit names, process tree entries,
+          journal output, or truncate unit descriptions in the output
+          of <command>status</command>, <command>list-units</command>,
+          <command>list-jobs</command>, and
+          <command>list-timers</command>.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
@@ -256,7 +257,7 @@ along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
           sleep state. Any user may take these locks and privileged
           users may override these locks. If any locks are taken,
           shutdown and sleep state requests will normally fail
-          (regardless if privileged or not) and a list of active locks
+          (regardless of whether privileged or not) and a list of active locks
           is printed. However, if <option>--ignore-inhibitors</option>
           is specified, the locks are ignored and not printed, and the
           operation attempted anyway, possibly requiring additional
@@ -294,7 +295,7 @@ along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
         <term><option>--no-legend</option></term>
 
         <listitem>
-          <para>Do not print a legend, i.e.  the column headers and
+          <para>Do not print the legend, i.e. the column headers and
           the footer with hints.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
@@ -451,7 +452,7 @@ along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
           with identical immediate effects, however, since the latter
           is lost on reboot, the changes are lost too.</para>
 
-          <para>Similar, when used with
+          <para>Similarly, when used with
           <command>set-property</command>, make changes only
           temporarily, so that they are lost on the next
           reboot.</para>
@@ -719,8 +720,18 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service
             belongs to.</para>
 
             <para>This function is intended to generate human-readable
-            output. If you are looking for computer-parsable output, use
-            <command>show</command> instead.</para>
+            output. If you are looking for computer-parsable output,
+            use <command>show</command> instead. By default this
+            function only shows 10 lines of output and ellipsizes
+            lines to fit in the terminal window. This can be changes
+            with <option>--lines</option> and <option>--full</option>,
+            see above. In addition, <command>journalctl
+            --unit=<replaceable>NAME</replaceable></command> or
+            <command>journalctl
+            --user-unit=<replaceable>NAME</replaceable></command> use
+            a similar filter for messages and might be more
+            convenient.
+            </para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
         <varlistentry>