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@@ -719,8 +719,18 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service
belongs to.</para>
<para>This function is intended to generate human-readable
- output. If you are looking for computer-parsable output, use
- <command>show</command> instead.</para>
+ output. If you are looking for computer-parsable output,
+ use <command>show</command> instead. By default this
+ function only shows 10 lines of output and ellipsizes
+ lines to fit in the terminal window. This can be changes
+ with <option>--lines</option> and <option>--full</option>,
+ see above. In addition, <command>journalctl
+ --unit=<replaceable>NAME</replaceable></command> or
+ <command>journalctl
+ --user-unit=<replaceable>NAME</replaceable></command> use
+ a similar filter for messages and might be more
+ convenient.
+ </para>
</listitem>
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