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diff --git a/man/logind.conf.xml b/man/logind.conf.xml
index cbee83357b..9b0e181849 100644
--- a/man/logind.conf.xml
+++ b/man/logind.conf.xml
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
<term><varname>HandleLidSwitch=</varname></term>
<term><varname>HandleLidSwitchDocked=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Controls whether logind shall handle the
+ <listitem><para>Controls how logind shall handle the
system power and sleep keys and the lid switch to trigger
actions such as system power-off or suspend. Can be one of
<literal>ignore</literal>,
@@ -240,7 +240,16 @@
docking station, or if more than one display is connected, the
action specified by <varname>HandleLidSwitchDocked=</varname>
occurs; otherwise the <varname>HandleLidSwitch=</varname>
- action occurs.</para></listitem>
+ action occurs.</para>
+
+ <para>A different application may disable logind's handling of system power and
+ sleep keys and the lid switch by taking a low-level inhibitor lock
+ ("handle-power-key", "handle-suspend-key", "handle-hibernate-key",
+ "handle-lid-switch"). This is most commonly used by graphical desktop environments
+ to take over suspend and hibernation handling, and to use their own configuration
+ mechanisms. If a low-level inhibitor lock is taken, logind will not take any
+ action when that key or switch is triggered and the <varname>Handle*=</varname>
+ settings are irrelevant.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@@ -249,21 +258,22 @@
<term><varname>HibernateKeyIgnoreInhibited=</varname></term>
<term><varname>LidSwitchIgnoreInhibited=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Controls whether actions triggered by the
- power and sleep keys and the lid switch are subject to
- inhibitor locks. These settings take boolean arguments. If
- <literal>no</literal>, the inhibitor locks taken by
- applications in order to block the requested operation are
- respected. If <literal>yes</literal>, the requested operation
- is executed in any case.
+ <listitem><para>Controls whether actions that <command>systemd-logind</command>
+ takes when the power and sleep keys and the lid switch are triggered are subject
+ to high-level inhibitor locks ("shutdown", "sleep", "idle"). Low level inhibitor
+ locks ("handle-*-key"), are always honoured, irrespective of this setting.</para>
+
+ <para>These settings take boolean arguments. If <literal>no</literal>, the
+ inhibitor locks taken by applications are respected. If <literal>yes</literal>,
+ "shutdown", "sleep", and "idle" inhibitor locks are ignored.
<varname>PowerKeyIgnoreInhibited=</varname>,
- <varname>SuspendKeyIgnoreInhibited=</varname> and
- <varname>HibernateKeyIgnoreInhibited=</varname> default to
- <literal>no</literal>.
- <varname>LidSwitchIgnoreInhibited=</varname> defaults to
- <literal>yes</literal>. This means that the lid switch does
- not respect suspend blockers by default, but the power and
- sleep keys do. </para></listitem>
+ <varname>SuspendKeyIgnoreInhibited=</varname>, and
+ <varname>HibernateKeyIgnoreInhibited=</varname> default to <literal>no</literal>.
+ <varname>LidSwitchIgnoreInhibited=</varname> defaults to <literal>yes</literal>.
+ This means that when <command>systemd-logind</command> is handling events by
+ itself (no low level inhibitor locks are taken by another application), the lid
+ switch does not respect suspend blockers by default, but the power and sleep keys
+ do.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>