man: fix description of file order application

[elogind.git] / man / systemd.preset.xml

diff --git a/man/systemd.preset.xml b/man/systemd.preset.xml
index a692053876abddc44e60bd919084bffb4b3b64b4..8af7d4058db43fd182a913a1f1561edc4c628130 100644 (file)
--- a/man/systemd.preset.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.preset.xml
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
                 by default, <literal>disable</literal> to disable
                 units by default.</para>
 
-                <para>If multiple lines apply to a unit name the
+                <para>If multiple lines apply to a unit name, the
                 first matching one takes precedence over all
                 others.</para>
 
@@ -127,18 +127,17 @@
                 preset files installed by vendor packages. All preset
                 files are sorted by their filename in alphabetical
                 order, regardless in which of the directories they
-                reside, to guarantee that a specific preset file takes
-                precedence over another file with an alphabetically
-                earlier name, if both files contain lines that apply
-                to the same unit names. It is recommended to prefix
-                all file names with two-digit number, to simplify
-                ordering.</para>
+                reside. If multiple files specify the same unit name,
+                the entry in the file with the alphabetically earliest
+                name will be applied. It is recommended to prefix all
+                filenames with a two-digit number and a dash, to simplify
+                the ordering of the files.</para>
 
                 <para>If the administrator wants to disable a preset
-                file supplied by the vendor the recommended way is to
+                file supplied by the vendor, the recommended way is to
                 place a symlink to <filename>/dev/null</filename> in
                 <filename>/etc/systemd/system-preset/</filename>
-                bearing the same file name.</para>
+                bearing the same filename.</para>
         </refsect1>
 
         <refsect1>
@@ -150,8 +149,8 @@
                         <programlisting>disable *</programlisting>
                 </example>
 
-                <para>This disables all units. Due to the file name
-                prefix <literal>99-</literal> it will be read last and
+                <para>This disables all units. Due to the filename
+                prefix <literal>99-</literal>, it will be read last and
                 hence can easily be overridden by spin or
                 administrator preset policy or suchlike.</para>
 
@@ -187,7 +186,7 @@ disable *</programlisting>
                 <para>This enables three specific services and
                 disables all others. This is useful for administrators
                 to specifically select the units to enable, and
-                disable all others. Due to the file name prefix
+                disable all others. Due to the filename prefix
                 <literal>00-</literal> it will be read early and hence
                 overrides all other preset policy files.</para>
         </refsect1>