diff --git a/man/standard-specifiers.xml b/man/standard-specifiers.xml
index 3efbb6db00e..5b73043ce2d 100644
--- a/man/standard-specifiers.xml
+++ b/man/standard-specifiers.xml
@@ -39,11 +39,21 @@
     <entry>Operating system ID</entry>
     <entry>The operating system identifier of the running system, as read from the <varname>ID=</varname> field of <filename>/etc/os-release</filename>. See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>os-release</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for more information.</entry>
   </row>
+  <row id='T'>
+    <entry><literal>%T</literal></entry>
+    <entry>Directory for temporary files</entry>
+    <entry>This is either <filename>/tmp<!-- no / --></filename> or the path <literal>$TMPDIR</literal>, <literal>$TEMP</literal> or <literal>$TMP</literal> are set to. (Note that the directory may be specified without a trailing slash.)</entry>
+  </row>
   <row id='v'>
     <entry><literal>%v</literal></entry>
     <entry>Kernel release</entry>
     <entry>Identical to <command>uname -r</command> output.</entry>
   </row>
+  <row id='V'>
+    <entry><literal>%V</literal></entry>
+    <entry>Directory for larger and persistent temporary files</entry>
+    <entry>This is either <filename>/var/tmp<!-- no / --></filename> or the path <literal>$TMPDIR</literal>, <literal>$TEMP</literal> or <literal>$TMP</literal> are set to. (Note that the directory may be specified without a trailing slash.)</entry>
+  </row>
   <row id='w'>
     <entry><literal>%w</literal></entry>
     <entry>Operating system version ID</entry>
diff --git a/man/systemd.unit.xml b/man/systemd.unit.xml
index e89050429a1..d52cd0a24c8 100644
--- a/man/systemd.unit.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.unit.xml
@@ -1858,11 +1858,7 @@ Note that this setting is <emphasis>not</emphasis> influenced by the <varname>Us
             <entry>Runtime directory root</entry>
             <entry>This is either <filename>/run/</filename> (for the system manager) or the path <literal>$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR</literal> resolves to (for user managers).</entry>
           </row>
-          <row>
-            <entry><literal>%T</literal></entry>
-            <entry>Directory for temporary files</entry>
-            <entry>This is either <filename>/tmp</filename> or the path <literal>$TMPDIR</literal>, <literal>$TEMP</literal> or <literal>$TMP</literal> are set to.</entry>
-          </row>
+          <xi:include href="standard-specifiers.xml" xpointer="T"/>
           <row>
             <entry><literal>%g</literal></entry>
             <entry>User group</entry>
@@ -1888,11 +1884,7 @@ Note that this setting is <emphasis>not</emphasis> influenced by the <varname>Us
 Note that this setting is <emphasis>not</emphasis> influenced by the <varname>User=</varname> setting configurable in the [Service] section of the service unit.</entry>
           </row>
           <xi:include href="standard-specifiers.xml" xpointer="v"/>
-          <row>
-            <entry><literal>%V</literal></entry>
-            <entry>Directory for larger and persistent temporary files</entry>
-            <entry>This is either <filename>/var/tmp</filename> or the path <literal>$TMPDIR</literal>, <literal>$TEMP</literal> or <literal>$TMP</literal> are set to.</entry>
-          </row>
+          <xi:include href="standard-specifiers.xml" xpointer="V"/>
           <xi:include href="standard-specifiers.xml" xpointer="w"/>
           <xi:include href="standard-specifiers.xml" xpointer="W"/>
           <xi:include href="standard-specifiers.xml" xpointer="percent"/>
diff --git a/man/sysusers.d.xml b/man/sysusers.d.xml
index 2d5023dc91d..52b2d89474a 100644
--- a/man/sysusers.d.xml
+++ b/man/sysusers.d.xml
@@ -260,17 +260,9 @@ r     -        500-900
           <xi:include href="standard-specifiers.xml" xpointer="l"/>
           <xi:include href="standard-specifiers.xml" xpointer="m"/>
           <xi:include href="standard-specifiers.xml" xpointer="o"/>
-          <row>
-            <entry><literal>%T</literal></entry>
-            <entry>Directory for temporary files</entry>
-            <entry>This is either <filename>/tmp</filename> or the path <literal>$TMPDIR</literal>, <literal>$TEMP</literal> or <literal>$TMP</literal> are set to.</entry>
-          </row>
+          <xi:include href="standard-specifiers.xml" xpointer="T"/>
           <xi:include href="standard-specifiers.xml" xpointer="v"/>
-          <row>
-            <entry><literal>%V</literal></entry>
-            <entry>Directory for larger and persistent temporary files</entry>
-            <entry>This is either <filename>/var/tmp</filename> or the path <literal>$TMPDIR</literal>, <literal>$TEMP</literal> or <literal>$TMP</literal> are set to.</entry>
-          </row>
+          <xi:include href="standard-specifiers.xml" xpointer="V"/>
           <xi:include href="standard-specifiers.xml" xpointer="w"/>
           <xi:include href="standard-specifiers.xml" xpointer="W"/>
           <xi:include href="standard-specifiers.xml" xpointer="percent"/>
diff --git a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
index c933e8ff2eb..5b81bb5888f 100644
--- a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
+++ b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
@@ -663,11 +663,7 @@ w- /proc/sys/vm/swappiness - - - - 10</programlisting></para>
               <entry>System or user runtime directory</entry>
               <entry>In <option>--user</option> mode, this is the same <varname>$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR</varname>, and <filename>/run/</filename> otherwise.</entry>
             </row>
-            <row>
-              <entry><literal>%T</literal></entry>
-              <entry>Directory for temporary files</entry>
-              <entry>This is either <filename>/tmp</filename> or the path <literal>$TMPDIR</literal>, <literal>$TEMP</literal> or <literal>$TMP</literal> are set to.</entry>
-            </row>
+            <xi:include href="standard-specifiers.xml" xpointer="T"/>
             <row>
               <entry><literal>%g</literal></entry>
               <entry>User group</entry>
@@ -689,11 +685,7 @@ w- /proc/sys/vm/swappiness - - - - 10</programlisting></para>
               <entry>This is the numeric UID of the user running the command. In case of the system instance this resolves to <constant>0</constant>.</entry>
             </row>
             <xi:include href="standard-specifiers.xml" xpointer="v"/>
-            <row>
-              <entry><literal>%V</literal></entry>
-              <entry>Directory for larger and persistent temporary files</entry>
-              <entry>This is either <filename>/var/tmp</filename> or the path <literal>$TMPDIR</literal>, <literal>$TEMP</literal> or <literal>$TMP</literal> are set to.</entry>
-            </row>
+            <xi:include href="standard-specifiers.xml" xpointer="V"/>
             <xi:include href="standard-specifiers.xml" xpointer="w"/>
             <xi:include href="standard-specifiers.xml" xpointer="W"/>
             <xi:include href="standard-specifiers.xml" xpointer="percent"/>