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         </refnamediv>
 
         <refsynopsisdiv>
-                <para><filename>systemd.service</filename>,
-                <filename>systemd.socket</filename>,
-                <filename>systemd.mount</filename>,
-                <filename>systemd.swap</filename></para>
+                <para><filename><replaceable>service</replaceable>.service</filename>,
+                <filename><replaceable>socket</replaceable>.socket</filename>,
+                <filename><replaceable>mount</replaceable>.mount</filename>,
+                <filename><replaceable>swap</replaceable>.swap</filename></para>
         </refsynopsisdiv>
 
         <refsect1>
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
         <refsect1>
                 <title>Options</title>
 
-                <variablelist>
+                <variablelist class='unit-directives'>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><varname>WorkingDirectory=</varname></term>
                                 empty string is assigned to this
                                 option the list of environment
                                 variables is reset, all prior
-                                assignments have no effect. See
+                                assignments have no effect.
+                                Variable expansion is not performed
+                                inside the strings, and $ has no special
+                                meaning.
+                                If you need to assign a value containing spaces
+                                to a variable, use double quotes (")
+                                for the assignment.</para>
+
+                                <para>Example:
+                                <programlisting>Environment="VAR1=word1 word2" VAR2=word3 "VAR3=word 5 6"</programlisting>
+                                gives three variables <literal>VAR1</literal>,
+                                <literal>VAR2</literal>, <literal>VAR3</literal>.
+                                </para>
+
+                                <para>
+                                See
                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>environ</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
-                                for details.</para></listitem>
+                                for details about environment variables.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><varname>EnvironmentFile=</varname></term>
                                 contain new-line separated variable
                                 assignments. Empty lines and lines
                                 starting with ; or # will be ignored,
-                                which may be used for commenting. The
-                                parser strips leading and
-                                trailing whitespace from the values
+                                which may be used for commenting. A line
+                                ending with a backslash will be concatenated
+                                with the following one, allowing multiline variable
+                                definitions. The parser strips leading
+                                and trailing whitespace from the values
                                 of assignments, unless you use
                                 double quotes (").</para>
 
                                 with
                                 <option>DefaultStandardOutput=</option>
                                 in
-                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-system.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                                 which defaults to
                                 <option>journal</option>.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
                                 setting defaults to the value set with
                                 <option>DefaultStandardError=</option>
                                 in
-                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-system.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                                 which defaults to
                                 <option>inherit</option>.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
                                 settings of
                                 <varname>DefaultControllers=</varname>
                                 of
-                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-system.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                                 but a unit's
                                 <varname>ControlGroup=</varname>
                                 setting for a specific controller
                                 <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
                                 argument. If true sets up a new file
                                 system namespace for the executed
-                                processes and mounts a private
-                                <filename>/tmp</filename> directory
-                                inside it, that is not shared by
+                                processes and mounts private
+                                <filename>/tmp</filename> and
+                                <filename>/var/tmp</filename> directories
+                                inside it, that are not shared by
                                 processes outside of the
                                 namespace. This is useful to secure
                                 access to temporary files of the
                                 process, but makes sharing between
                                 processes via
-                                <filename>/tmp</filename>
-                                impossible. Defaults to
+                                <filename>/tmp</filename> or
+                                <filename>/var/tmp</filename>
+                                impossible. All temporary data created
+                                by service will be removed after service
+                                is stopped. Defaults to
                                 false.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>