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-rw-r--r--man/systemd.exec.xml4
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd-system.conf.xml b/man/systemd-system.conf.xml
index 8dad0e0f59..54ce992b85 100644
--- a/man/systemd-system.conf.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-system.conf.xml
@@ -342,8 +342,10 @@
resource limits for units. See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>setrlimit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for details. Use the string <varname>infinity</varname> to
- configure no limit on a specific resource. These settings may
- be overridden in individual units using the corresponding
+ configure no limit on a specific resource. The multiplicative suffixes
+ K (=1024), M (=1024*1024) and so on for G, T, P and E may be used for
+ resource limits measured in bytes (e.g. DefaultLimitAS=16G). These
+ settings may be overridden in individual units using the corresponding
LimitXXX= directives. Note that these resource limits are only
defaults for units, they are not applied to PID 1
itself.</para></listitem>
diff --git a/man/systemd.exec.xml b/man/systemd.exec.xml
index c0ecf92419..7462960000 100644
--- a/man/systemd.exec.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.exec.xml
@@ -568,7 +568,9 @@
of various resources for executed processes. See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>setrlimit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for details. Use the string <varname>infinity</varname> to
- configure no limit on a specific resource.</para></listitem>
+ configure no limit on a specific resource. The multiplicative suffixes
+ K (=1024), M (=1024*1024) and so on for G, T, P and E may be used for
+ resource limits measured in bytes (e.g. LimitAS=16G).</para></listitem>
<table>
<title>Limit directives and their equivalent with ulimit</title>