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-rw-r--r--man/systemd-sysusers.xml12
-rw-r--r--man/systemd-tmpfiles.xml19
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd-sysusers.xml b/man/systemd-sysusers.xml
index 548ce24e4e..895422779d 100644
--- a/man/systemd-sysusers.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-sysusers.xml
@@ -40,17 +40,17 @@
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sysusers.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
</para>
- <para>If invoked with no arguments, it applies all directives from all files found in the directories
+ <para>If invoked with no arguments, directives from the configuration files found in the directories
specified by
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sysusers.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. When
invoked with positional arguments, if option <option>--replace=<replaceable>PATH</replaceable></option>
is specified, arguments specified on the command line are used instead of the configuration file
<replaceable>PATH</replaceable>. Otherwise, just the configuration specified by the command line
- arguments is executed. The string <literal>-</literal> may be specified instead of a filename to instruct
- <command>systemd-sysusers</command> to read the configuration from standard input. If the argument is a
- relative path, all configuration directories are searched for a matching file and the file found that has
- the highest priority is executed. If the argument is an absolute path, that file is used directly without
- searching of the configuration directories.</para>
+ arguments is executed. If the string <literal>-</literal> is specified instead of a filename, the
+ configuration is read from standard input. If the argument is a file name (without any slashes), all
+ configuration directories are searched for a matching file and the file found that has the highest
+ priority is executed. If the argument is a path, that file is used directly without searching the
+ configuration directories for any other matching file.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
diff --git a/man/systemd-tmpfiles.xml b/man/systemd-tmpfiles.xml
index c30a046f72..3a3924a084 100644
--- a/man/systemd-tmpfiles.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-tmpfiles.xml
@@ -62,14 +62,17 @@
be invoked with one or more options <option>--create</option>, <option>--remove</option>, and
<option>--clean</option>, to select the respective subset of operations.</para>
- <para>By default, directives from all configuration files are applied. When invoked with
- <option>--replace=<replaceable>PATH</replaceable></option>, arguments specified on the command line are
- used instead of the configuration file <replaceable>PATH</replaceable>. Otherwise, if one or more
- absolute filenames are passed on the command line, only the directives in these files are applied. If
- <literal>-</literal> is specified instead of a filename, directives are read from standard input. If only
- the basename of a configuration file is specified, all configuration directories as specified in
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>tmpfiles.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> are
- searched for a matching file and the file found that has the highest priority is executed.</para>
+ <para>If invoked with no arguments, directives from the configuration files found in the directories
+ specified by
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>tmpfiles.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. When
+ invoked with positional arguments, if option <option>--replace=<replaceable>PATH</replaceable></option>
+ is specified, arguments specified on the command line are used instead of the configuration file
+ <replaceable>PATH</replaceable>. Otherwise, just the configuration specified by the command line
+ arguments is executed. If the string <literal>-</literal> is specified instead of a filename, the
+ configuration is read from standard input. If the argument is a file name (without any slashes), all
+ configuration directories are searched for a matching file and the file found that has the highest
+ priority is executed. If the argument is a path, that file is used directly without searching the
+ configuration directories for any other matching file.</para>
<para>System services (<filename>systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service</filename>,
<filename>systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev-early.service</filename>,