diff --git a/man/systemd.unit.xml b/man/systemd.unit.xml
index 04c4515cd93..16aded89d1f 100644
--- a/man/systemd.unit.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.unit.xml
@@ -178,18 +178,14 @@
directory suffix is .requires/ in this
case.
- Along with a unit file foo.service, a
- directory foo.service.d/ may exist. All files
- with the suffix .conf from this directory will
- be parsed after the file itself is parsed. This is useful to alter
- or add configuration settings to a unit, without having to modify
- their unit files. Make sure that the file that is included has the
- appropriate section headers before any directive. Note that, for
- instanced units, this logic will first look for the instance
- .d/ subdirectory and read its
- .conf files, followed by the template
- .d/ subdirectory and reads its
- .conf files.
+ Along with a unit file foo.service, a "drop-in" directory
+ foo.service.d/ may exist. All files with the suffix .conf from this
+ directory will be parsed after the file itself is parsed. This is useful to alter or add configuration settings to
+ a unit, without having to modify their unit files. Make sure that the file that is included has the appropriate
+ section headers before any directive. Note that for instanced units, this logic will first look for the instance
+ .d/ subdirectory and read its .conf files, followed by the template
+ .d/ subdirectory and reads its .conf files. Also note that settings from the
+ [Install] section are not available in drop-in unit files, and have no effect.
In addition to /etc/systemd/system,
the drop-in .conf files for system services
@@ -1093,15 +1089,13 @@
[Install] Section Options
- Unit file may include an [Install]
- section, which carries installation information for the unit. This
- section is not interpreted by
- systemd1
- during runtime. It is used exclusively by the
- enable and disable commands
- of the
- systemctl1
- tool during installation of a unit:
+ Unit files may include an [Install] section, which carries installation information for
+ the unit. This section is not interpreted by
+ systemd1 during runtime; it is
+ used by the enable and disable commands of the
+ systemctl1 tool during
+ installation of a unit. Note that settings in the [Install] section may not appear in
+ .d/*.conf unit file drop-ins (see above).