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diff --git a/man/systemd.service.xml b/man/systemd.service.xml
index af32ccb878..364ad7d0c8 100644
--- a/man/systemd.service.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.service.xml
@@ -519,6 +519,20 @@ ExecStart=/bin/echo $ONE $TWO ${TWO}</programlisting>
following:</para>
<programlisting>/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID</programlisting>
+
+ <para>Note however that reloading a
+ daemon by sending a signal (as with
+ the example line above) is usually not
+ a good choice, because this is an
+ asynchronous operation and hence not
+ suitable to order reloads of multiple
+ services against each other. It is
+ strongly recommended to set
+ <varname>ExecReload=</varname> to a
+ command that no only triggers a
+ configuration reload of the daemon,
+ but also synchronously waits for it
+ complete.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>