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diff --git a/man/systemctl.xml b/man/systemctl.xml
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<para>When showing unit/job/manager properties with the
- <command>show</command> command, limit display to certain
- properties as specified as argument. If not specified, all
- set properties are shown. The argument should be a
+ <command>show</command> command, limit display to properties
+ specified in the argument. The argument should be a
comma-separated list of property names, such as
- <literal>MainPID</literal>. If specified more than once, all
- properties with the specified names are shown.</para>
+ <literal>MainPID</literal>. Unless specified, all known
+ properties are shown. If specified more than once, all
+ properties with the specified names are shown. Shell
+ completion is implemented for property names.</para>
+
+ <para>For the manager itself,
+ <command>systemctl show</command> will show all available
+ properties. Those properties are documented in
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-system.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>Properties for units vary by unit type, so showing any
+ unit (even a non-existent one) is a way to list properties
+ pertaining to this type. Similarly showing any job will list
+ properties pertaining to all jobs. Properties for units are
+ documented in
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ and the pages for individual unit types
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.socket</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ etc.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>