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diff --git a/man/systemd.socket.xml b/man/systemd.socket.xml
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+++ b/man/systemd.socket.xml
@@ -341,12 +341,13 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>Backlog=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Takes an unsigned integer argument. Specifies
- the number of connections to queue that have not been accepted
- yet. This setting matters only for stream and sequential
- packet sockets. See
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>listen</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for details. Defaults to SOMAXCONN (128).</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Takes an unsigned 32bit integer argument. Specifies the number of connections to
+ queue that have not been accepted yet. This setting matters only for stream and sequential packet
+ sockets. See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>listen</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry> for
+ details. Note that this value is silently capped by the <literal>net.core.somaxconn</literal> sysctl,
+ which typically defaults to 4096. By default this is set to 4294967295, so that the sysctl takes full
+ effect.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>