man: various man page updates

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diff --git a/man/systemd.socket.xml b/man/systemd.socket.xml
index 986ef8c018..6154b304e8 100644
--- a/man/systemd.socket.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.socket.xml
@@ -95,6 +95,21 @@
                 which services are instantiated for each incoming
                 connection.</para>
 
+                <para>Unless <varname>DefaultDependencies=</varname>
+                is set to <option>false</option>, socket units will
+                implicitly have dependencies of type
+                <varname>Requires=</varname> and
+                <varname>After=</varname> on
+                <filename>sysinit.target</filename> as well as
+                dependencies of type <varname>Conflicts=</varname> and
+                <varname>Before=</varname> on
+                <filename>shutdown.target</filename>. These ensure
+                that socket units pull in basic system
+                initialization, and are terminated cleanly prior to
+                system shutdown. Only sockets involved with early
+                boot or late system shutdown should disable this
+                option.</para>
+
                 <para>Socket units may be used to implement on-demand
                 starting of services, as well as parallelized starting
                 of services.</para>