man: update man pages for recent syntax changes

3 files changed, 51 insertions, 28 deletions

diff --git a/man/systemd.service.xml b/man/systemd.service.xml
index bceb5aa110..7eaf9cbce3 100644
--- a/man/systemd.service.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.service.xml
@@ -270,10 +270,21 @@
                                 <listitem><para>Additional commands
                                 that are executed before (resp. after)
                                 the command in
-                                <varname>ExecStart=</varname>. If
-                                specified more than once, all commands
-                                are executed one after the other,
-                                serially. Use of these settings is
+                                <varname>ExecStart=</varname>. Multiple
+                                command lines may be concatenated in a
+                                single directive, by seperating them
+                                by semicolons (these semicolons must
+                                be passed as seperate words). In that
+                                case, the commands are executed one
+                                after the other,
+                                serially. Alternatively, these
+                                directives may be specified more than
+                                once whith the same effect. However,
+                                the latter syntax is not recommended
+                                for compatibility with parsers
+                                suitable for XDG
+                                <filename>.desktop</filename> files.
+                                Use of these settings is
                                 optional.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
@@ -281,20 +292,24 @@
                                 <term><varname>ExecReload=</varname></term>
                                 <listitem><para>Commands to execute to
                                 trigger a configuration reload in the
-                                service. If used more than once, all
-                                commands are executed one after the
-                                other, serially. Use of this setting is optional.
-                                </para></listitem>
+                                service. This argument takes multiple
+                                command lines, following the same
+                                scheme as pointed out for
+                                <varname>ExecStartPre=</varname>
+                                above. Use of this setting is
+                                optional.  </para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><varname>ExecStop=</varname></term>
                                 <listitem><para>Commands to execute to
                                 stop the service started via
-                                <varname>ExecStart=</varname>. If used
-                                more than once, all commands are
-                                executed one after the other,
-                                serially. Use of this setting is
+                                <varname>ExecStart=</varname>. This
+                                argument takes multiple command lines,
+                                following the same scheme as pointed
+                                out for
+                                <varname>ExecStartPre=</varname>
+                                above. Use of this setting is
                                 optional. All processes remaining for
                                 a service after the commands
                                 configured in this option are run are
@@ -312,10 +327,12 @@
                                 that are executed after the service
                                 was stopped using the commands
                                 configured in
-                                <varname>ExecStop=</varname>. If
-                                specified more than once, all commands
-                                are executed one after the other,
-                                serially. Use of these settings is
+                                <varname>ExecStop=</varname>. This
+                                argument takes multiple command lines,
+                                following the same scheme as pointed
+                                out for
+                                <varname>ExecStartPre</varname>. Use
+                                of these settings is
                                 optional.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
diff --git a/man/systemd.socket.xml b/man/systemd.socket.xml
index 32102fab88..20dc00ed01 100644
--- a/man/systemd.socket.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.socket.xml
@@ -440,16 +440,18 @@
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><varname>ExecStartPre=</varname></term>
                                 <term><varname>ExecStartPost=</varname></term>
-                                <listitem><para>Takes a command line,
-                                which is executed before (resp. after)
-                                the listening sockets/FIFOs are created and
+                                <listitem><para>Takes one or more
+                                command lines, which are executed
+                                before (resp. after) the listening
+                                sockets/FIFOs are created and
                                 bound. The first token of the command
                                 line must be an absolute file name,
                                 then followed by arguments for the
-                                process. If specified more than once,
-                                all commands are executed one after
-                                the other, fully serialized. The use of
-                                these settings is optional.</para></listitem>
+                                process. Multiple command lines may be
+                                specified following the same scheme as
+                                used for
+                                <varname>ExecStartPre=</varname> of
+                                service unit files.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
@@ -458,10 +460,11 @@
                                 <listitem><para>Additional commands
                                 that are executed before (resp. after)
                                 the listening sockets/FIFOs are closed
-                                and removed. If specified more than
-                                once, all commands are executed one
-                                after the other, fully serialized. The use of
-                                these settings is optional.</para></listitem>
+                                and removed. Multiple command lines
+                                may be specified following the same
+                                scheme as used for
+                                <varname>ExecStartPre=</varname> of
+                                service unit files.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
diff --git a/man/systemd.unit.xml b/man/systemd.unit.xml
index 26272c4410..a06eed5861 100644
--- a/man/systemd.unit.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.unit.xml
@@ -114,7 +114,10 @@
                 are understood: s, min, h, d, w, ms, us.</para>
 
                 <para>Empty lines and lines starting with # or ; are
-                ignored. This may be used for commenting.</para>
+                ignored. This may be used for commenting. Lines ending
+                in a backslash are concatenated with the following
+                line while reading and the backslash is replaced by a
+                space character. This may be used to wrap long lines.</para>
 
                 <para>If a line starts with <option>.include</option>
                 followed by a file name the specified file will be