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diff --git a/man/systemd.link.xml b/man/systemd.link.xml
index afc0ad8c5e..d0e9f8e507 100644
--- a/man/systemd.link.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.link.xml
@@ -103,10 +103,10 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>OriginalName=</varname></term>
<listitem>
- <para>The device name, as exposed by the udev property
- "INTERFACE". May contain shell style globs. This can not be
- used to match on names that have already been changed from
- userspace. Caution is advised when matching on
+ <para>A whitespace-separated list of shell-style globs matching
+ the device name, as exposed by the udev property
+ "INTERFACE". This can not be used to match on names that have
+ already been changed from userspace. Caution is advised when matching on
kernel-assigned names, as they are known to be unstable
between reboots.</para>
</listitem>
@@ -114,15 +114,16 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>Path=</varname></term>
<listitem>
- <para>The persistent path, as exposed by the
- udev property <literal>ID_PATH</literal>. May
- contain shell style globs.</para>
+ <para>A whitespace-separated list of shell-style globs matching
+ the persistent path, as exposed by the udev property
+ <literal>ID_PATH</literal>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>Driver=</varname></term>
<listitem>
- <para>The driver currently bound to the device,
+ <para>A whitespace-separated list of shell-style globs matching
+ the driver currently bound to the device,
as exposed by the udev property <literal>DRIVER</literal>
of its parent device, or if that is not set, the
driver as exposed by <literal>ethtool -i</literal>
@@ -132,7 +133,8 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>Type=</varname></term>
<listitem>
- <para>The device type, as exposed by the udev
+ <para>A whitespace-separated list of shell-style globs matching
+ the device type, as exposed by the udev
property <literal>DEVTYPE</literal>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>