From: Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 22:07:33 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: man: explain StartLimitRate= in conjunction with Restart= a bit better
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man: explain StartLimitRate= in conjunction with Restart= a bit better
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diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index b42f2ff70..5748289c4 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ Features:
 * Document:
         - PID 1 D-Bus API
         - Journal C API manual pages
+        - scheduled shutdown API
 
 * wiki: document logind's PreparingForShutdown, PreparingForSleep
 
diff --git a/man/systemd.service.xml b/man/systemd.service.xml
index 69060a53b..564c7922c 100644
--- a/man/systemd.service.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.service.xml
@@ -756,7 +756,15 @@
                                 are allowed (defaults to 5). These
                                 configuration options are particularly
                                 useful in conjunction with
-                                <varname>Restart=</varname>.</para></listitem>
+                                <varname>Restart=</varname>. Note that
+                                units which are configured for
+                                <varname>Restart=</varname> and which
+                                reach the start limit are not
+                                attempted to be restarted anymore,
+                                however they may still be restarted
+                                manually at a later point from which
+                                point on the restart logic is again
+                                activated.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>