diff --git a/man/systemd-nspawn.xml b/man/systemd-nspawn.xml
index e7008648735..b5a02f0a788 100644
--- a/man/systemd-nspawn.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-nspawn.xml
@@ -1455,33 +1455,25 @@ After=sys-subsystem-net-devices-ens1.device</programlisting>
         <term><option>--overlay=</option></term>
         <term><option>--overlay-ro=</option></term>
 
-        <listitem><para>Combine multiple directory trees into one
-        overlay file system and mount it into the container. Takes a
-        list of colon-separated paths to the directory trees to
-        combine and the destination mount point.</para>
+        <listitem><para>Combine multiple directory trees into one overlay file system and mount it into the
+        container. Takes a list of colon-separated paths to the directory trees to combine and the
+        destination mount point.</para>
 
-        <para>Backslash escapes are interpreted in the paths, so
-        <literal>\:</literal> may be used to embed colons in the paths.
+        <para>Backslash escapes are interpreted in the paths, so <literal>\:</literal> may be used to embed
+        colons in the paths.</para>
+
+        <para>If three or more paths are specified, then the last specified path is the destination mount
+        point in the container, all paths specified before refer to directory trees on the host and are
+        combined in the specified order into one overlay file system. The left-most path is hence the lowest
+        directory tree, the second-to-last path the highest directory tree in the stacking order. If
+        <option>--overlay-ro=</option> is used instead of <option>--overlay=</option>, a read-only overlay
+        file system is created. If a writable overlay file system is created, all changes made to it are
+        written to the highest directory tree in the stacking order, i.e. the second-to-last specified.
         </para>
 
-        <para>If three or more paths are specified, then the last
-        specified path is the destination mount point in the
-        container, all paths specified before refer to directory trees
-        on the host and are combined in the specified order into one
-        overlay file system. The left-most path is hence the lowest
-        directory tree, the second-to-last path the highest directory
-        tree in the stacking order. If <option>--overlay-ro=</option>
-        is used instead of <option>--overlay=</option>, a read-only
-        overlay file system is created. If a writable overlay file
-        system is created, all changes made to it are written to the
-        highest directory tree in the stacking order, i.e. the
-        second-to-last specified.</para>
-
-        <para>If only two paths are specified, then the second
-        specified path is used both as the top-level directory tree in
-        the stacking order as seen from the host, as well as the mount
-        point for the overlay file system in the container. At least
-        two paths have to be specified.</para>
+        <para>If only two paths are specified, then the second specified path is used both as the top-level
+        directory tree in the stacking order as seen from the host, as well as the mount point for the
+        overlay file system in the container. At least two paths have to be specified.</para>
 
         <para>The source paths may optionally be prefixed with <literal>+</literal> character. If so they are
         taken relative to the image's root directory. The uppermost source path may also be specified as an