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[elogind.git] / man / systemd-timesyncd.service.xml
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                 <title>Description</title>
 
                 <para><filename>systemd-timesyncd</filename> is a
-                system service that may be used to synchronize the local
-                system clock with a Network Time Protocol Server.</para>
+                system service that may be used to synchronize the
+                local system clock with a remote Network Time Protocol
+                server. It also saves the local time to disk every
+                time the clock has been synchronized and uses this to
+                possibly advance the system realtime clock on
+                subsequent reboots to ensure it
+                monotonically advances even if the system lacks a
+                battery-buffered RTC chip.</para>
         </refsect1>
 
         <refsect1>
@@ -67,7 +73,7 @@
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>timedatectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>localtime</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
-                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hwclock</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                        <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>hwclock</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                 </para>
         </refsect1>