man: explain that the journal field SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER is usually derived from program...

[elogind.git] / man / systemd.journal-fields.xml

diff --git a/man/systemd.journal-fields.xml b/man/systemd.journal-fields.xml
index c93b5da1dcba7b63abde9a9d4e9dc0a951f3ca04..6eeb6e395d5b86b706daf662c2ed075b3f3bda42 100644 (file)
--- a/man/systemd.journal-fields.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.journal-fields.xml
@@ -156,7 +156,10 @@
                                         (formatted as decimal string),
                                         the identifier string
                                         (i.e. "tag"), and the client
-                                        PID.</para>
+                                        PID. (Note that the tag is
+                                        usually derived from glibc's
+                                        <varname>program_invocation_short_name</varname>
+                                        variable, see <citerefentry><refentrytitle>program_invocation_short_name</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.)</para>
                                 </listitem>
 
                         </varlistentry>
@@ -529,7 +532,7 @@
                 JSON Format</ulink>, the addresses of journal entries
                 are serialized into fields prefixed with double
                 underscores. Note that these are not proper fields when
-                stored in the journal but for addressing meta data of
+                stored in the journal but for addressing metadata of
                 entries. They cannot be written as part of structured
                 log entries via calls such as
                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_send</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>. They