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index 710c2e065e..27ec72c986 100644
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@@ -150,10 +150,16 @@
<filename>/etc/crypttab</filename> with a different device mapper
device name.</para>
- <para>Also note that
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-efi-boot-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- will mount the EFI System Partition (ESP) to
- <filename>/boot</filename> if not otherwise mounted.</para>
+ <para>Mount and automount units for the EFI System Partition (ESP),
+ mounting it to <filename>/boot</filename> are generated on EFI
+ systems, where the boot loader communicates the used ESP to the operating
+ system. Since this generator creates an automount unit, the mount will
+ only be activated on-demand, when accessed. On systems where
+ <filename>/boot</filename> is an explicitly configured mount
+ (for example, listed in
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>fstab</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>)
+ or where the <filename>/boot</filename> mount point is non-empty, no
+ mount units are generated.</para>
<para>When using this generator in conjunction with btrfs file
systems, make sure to set the correct default subvolumes on them,
@@ -170,7 +176,6 @@
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.swap</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-fstab-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-efi-boot-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-cryptsetup@.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>cryptsetup</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>fstab</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,