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systemctl: remove monitor command since it is mostly useless
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                                 <term><option>-p</option></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>When showing
-                                unit/job/manager information, limit
+                                unit/job/manager properties, limit
                                 display to certain properties as
                                 specified as argument. If not
                                 specified all set properties are
                                 <listitem><para>When listing units,
                                 show all units, regardless of their
                                 state, including inactive units. When
-                                showing unit/job/manager information,
+                                showing unit/job/manager properties,
                                 show all properties regardless whether
                                 they are set or not.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><option>--failed</option></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>When listing units,
+                                show only failed units. Do not confuse
+                                with
+                                <option>--fail</option>.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><option>--full</option></term>
 
                                 unfinished job, fail the command. If
                                 this is not specified the requested
                                 operation will replace the pending job,
-                                if necessary.</para></listitem>
+                                if necessary. Do not confuse
+                                with
+                                <option>--failed</option>.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><option>--ignore-dependencies</option></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>When enqueuing a new
+                                job ignore all its dependencies and
+                                execute it immediately. If passed no
+                                required units of the unit passed will
+                                be pulled in, and no ordering
+                                dependencies will be honoured. This is
+                                mostly a debugging and rescue tool for
+                                the administrator and should not be
+                                used by
+                                applications.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                                 enqueued and <command>systemctl</command> will
                                 wait until it is completed. By passing this
                                 argument it is only verified and
-                                enqueued.</para></listitem> </varlistentry>
+                                enqueued.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><option>--no-pager</option></term>
                                 service might fail.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
-                        <varlistentry>
-                                <term><option>--kill-mode=</option></term>
-
-                                <listitem><para>When used with
-                                <command>kill</command>, choose the
-                                mode how to kill the selected
-                                processes. Must be one of
-                                <option>control-group</option>,
-                                <option>process-group</option> or
-                                <option>process</option> to select
-                                whether to kill the entire control
-                                group, the process group or only the
-                                selected process itself. If omitted
-                                defaults to
-                                <option>control-group</option> if
-                                <option>--kill-who=all</option> is
-                                set, or <option>process</option>
-                                otherwise. You probably never need to
-                                use this switch.</para></listitem>
-                        </varlistentry>
-
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><option>--kill-who=</option></term>
 
                                 file that shall be
                                 disabled.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><option>--root=</option></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>When used with
+                               <command>enable</command>/
+                               <command>disable</command>/
+                               <command>is-enabled</command>,
+                               use alternative root path for systemd
+                               install.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><option>-H</option></term>
+                                <term><option>--host</option></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Execute operation
+                                remotely. Specify a hostname, or
+                                username and hostname separated by @,
+                                to connect to. This will use SSH to
+                                talk to the remote systemd
+                                instance.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><option>-P</option></term>
+                                <term><option>--privileged</option></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Acquire privileges via
+                                PolicyKit before executing the
+                                operation.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
                 </variablelist>
 
                 <para>The following commands are understood:</para>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Restart one or more
                                 units specified on the command
-                                line. If the units are not running yet
-                                the operation will
-                                fail. Note that for compatibility
+                                line if the units are running. Do
+                                nothing if units are not running.
+                                Note that for compatibility
                                 with Red Hat init scripts
                                 <command>condrestart</command> is
                                 equivalent to this command.</para></listitem>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Reload one or more
                                 units if they support it. If not,
-                                restart them instead. If the units
-                                are not running yet the operation
-                                will fail. Note that for
-                                compatibility with SysV init scripts
+                                restart them instead. Do nothing if
+                                the units are not running. Note that
+                                for compatibility with SysV init
+                                scripts
                                 <command>force-reload</command> is
-                                equivalent to this command.</para></listitem>
+                                equivalent to this
+                                command.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><command>isolate [NAME]</command></term>
                                 their numeric job
                                 IDs. If no job id is specified, cancel all pending jobs.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
-                        <varlistentry>
-                                <term><command>monitor</command></term>
-
-                                <listitem><para>Monitor unit/job
-                                changes. This is mostly useful for
-                                debugging purposes and prints a line
-                                each time systemd loads or unloads a
-                                unit configuration file, or a unit
-                                property changes.</para></listitem>
-                        </varlistentry>
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><command>dump</command></term>
 
                 code otherwise.</para>
         </refsect1>
 
+        <refsect1>
+                <title>Environment</title>
+
+                <variablelist>
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><varname>$SYSTEMD_PAGER</varname></term>
+                                <listitem><para>Pager to use when
+                                <option>--no-pager</option> is not given;
+                                overrides <varname>$PAGER</varname>.  Setting
+                                this to an empty string or the value
+                                <literal>cat</literal> is equivalent to passing
+                                <option>--no-pager</option>.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+                </variablelist>
+        </refsect1>
+
         <refsect1>
                 <title>See Also</title>
                 <para>
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemadm</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-loginctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.special</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>wall</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>