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diff --git a/man/systemd.resource-control.xml b/man/systemd.resource-control.xml
index 7062cd3637..1bc45a9f00 100644
--- a/man/systemd.resource-control.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.resource-control.xml
@@ -944,27 +944,23 @@ DeviceAllow=/dev/loop-control
<command>systemd-oomd</command> will ignore these extended attributes if the unit's cgroup is not
owned by the root user.</para>
- <para>If this property is set to <option>avoid</option>, the service manager will set the
- <literal>user.oomd_avoid</literal> extended attribute on the unit's cgroup to <literal>1</literal>.
- If <command>systemd-oomd</command> sees this extended attribute on a cgroup set to
- <literal>1</literal> when choosing between candidates, it will only select the cgroup with
- <literal>user.oomd_avoid</literal> if there are no other viable candidates.</para>
-
- <para>If this property is set to <option>omit</option>, the service manager will set the
- <literal>user.oomd_omit</literal> extended attribute on the unit's cgroup to <literal>1</literal>.
- If <command>systemd-oomd</command> sees the this extended attribute on the cgroup set to
- <literal>1</literal>, it will ignore the cgroup as a candidate and will not perform any actions on
- the cgroup.</para>
+ <para>If this property is set to <option>avoid</option>, the service manager will convey this to
+ <command>systemd-oomd</command>, which will only select this cgroup if there are no other viable
+ candidates.</para>
+
+ <para>If this property is set to <option>omit</option>, the service manager will convey this to
+ <command>systemd-oomd</command>, which will ignore this cgroup as a candidate and will not perform
+ any actions on it.</para>
<para>It is recommended to use <option>avoid</option> and <option>omit</option> sparingly, as it
can adversely affect <command>systemd-oomd</command>'s kill behavior. Also note that these extended
attributes are not applied recursively to cgroups under this unit's cgroup.</para>
- <para>Defaults to <option>none</option> which means no extended attributes will be set and
- <command>systemd-oomd</command> will sort this unit's cgroup as defined in
+ <para>Defaults to <option>none</option> which means <command>systemd-oomd</command> will rank this
+ unit's cgroup as defined in
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-oomd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- and <citerefentry><refentrytitle>oomd.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- (if this unit's cgroup becomes a candidate).</para>
+ and <citerefentry><refentrytitle>oomd.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+ </para>
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