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diff --git a/man/hostname.xml b/man/hostname.xml
index 5d3d46d8ce..34aaca1acd 100644
--- a/man/hostname.xml
+++ b/man/hostname.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*-->
<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
- "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd" [
+<!ENTITY % entities SYSTEM "custom-entities.ent" >
+%entities;
+]>
<!--
This file is part of systemd.
@@ -57,11 +60,12 @@
name of the local system that is set during boot using the
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sethostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
system call. It should contain a single newline-terminated
- hostname string. The hostname may be a free-form string up to 64
- characters in length; however, it is recommended that it consists
- only of 7-bit ASCII lower-case characters and no spaces or dots,
- and limits itself to the format allowed for DNS domain name
- labels, even though this is not a strict requirement.</para>
+ hostname string. Comments (lines starting with a `#') are ignored.
+ The hostname may be a free-form string up to 64 characters in length;
+ however, it is recommended that it consists only of 7-bit ASCII lower-case
+ characters and no spaces or dots, and limits itself to the format allowed
+ for DNS domain name labels, even though this is not a strict
+ requirement.</para>
<para>Depending on the operating system, other configuration files
might be checked for configuration of the hostname as well,