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-rw-r--r--man/systemd.timer.xml26
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd.timer.xml b/man/systemd.timer.xml
index 58eaab09f8..44f55e05e3 100644
--- a/man/systemd.timer.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.timer.xml
@@ -255,20 +255,18 @@
<term><varname>Persistent=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Takes a boolean
- argument. If true the service unit is
- immediately triggered when the timer
- unit is activated and the timer
- elapsed at least once since the last
- time the service unit has been
- triggered by the timer unit. The time
- when the service unit was last
- triggered is stored on disk. This is
- useful to catch up for missed timers
- when a machine is shutdown temporarily
- and then is powered up again. Note
- that this setting only has an effect
- on timers configured with
- <varname>OnCalendar=</varname>.
+ argument. If true, the time when the
+ service unit was last triggered is
+ stored on disk. When the timer is
+ activated, the service unit is
+ triggered immediately if it would have
+ been triggered at least once during
+ the time when the timer was inactive.
+ This is useful to catch up on missed
+ runs of the service when the machine
+ was off. Note that this setting only
+ has an effect on timers configured
+ with <varname>OnCalendar=</varname>.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>