1 files changed, 34 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/man/standard-conf.xml b/man/standard-conf.xml
index b87d7e955b..36af45927d 100644
--- a/man/standard-conf.xml
+++ b/man/standard-conf.xml
@@ -33,13 +33,39 @@
     configuration file.</para>
   </refsection>
 
-  <refsection id='conf'>
-    <title>Configuration File</title>
-
-    <para>Configuration is also read from a single configuration file in
-    <filename>/etc/</filename>. This file is read before any of the
-    configuration directories, and has the lowest precedence; entries in a file
-    in any configuration directory override entries in the single configuration
-    file.</para>
+  <refsection id='main-conf'>
+    <title>Configuration Directories and Precedence</title>
+
+    <para>Default configuration is defined during compilation, so a
+    configuration file is only needed when it is necessary to deviate
+    from those defaults. By default the configuration file in
+    <filename>/etc/systemd/</filename> contains commented out entries
+    showing the defaults as a guide to the administrator. This file
+    can be edited to create local overrides.
+    </para>
+
+    <para>When packages need to customize the configuration, they can
+    install configuration snippets in
+    <filename>/usr/lib/systemd/*.conf.d/</filename>. Files in
+    <filename>/etc/</filename> are reserved for the local
+    administrator, who may use this logic to override the
+    configuration files installed by vendor packages. The main
+    configuration file is read before any of the configuration
+    directories, and has the lowest precedence; entries in a file in
+    any configuration directory override entries in the single
+    configuration file. Files in the
+    <filename>logind.conf.d/</filename> configuration subdirectories
+    are sorted by their filename in lexicographic order, regardless of
+    which of the subdirectories they reside in. If multiple files
+    specify the same option, the entry in the file with the
+    lexicographically latest name takes precedence.  It is recommended
+    to prefix all filenames in those subdirectories with a two-digit
+    number and a dash, to simplify the ordering of the files.</para>
+
+    <para>To disable a configuration file supplied by the vendor, the
+    recommended way is to place a symlink to
+    <filename>/dev/null</filename> in the configuration directory in
+    <filename>/etc/</filename>, with the same filename as the vendor
+    configuration file.</para>
   </refsection>
 </refsection>