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diff --git a/man/systemd.scope.xml b/man/systemd.scope.xml index 126440a15f..1400f8f4b1 100644 --- a/man/systemd.scope.xml +++ b/man/systemd.scope.xml @@ -54,25 +54,20 @@ along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. <refsect1> <title>Description</title> - <para>A unit configuration file whose name ends in - <literal>.scope</literal> encodes information about a unit created - by systemd to encapsulate processes not launched by systemd - itself. This management is performed by creating a node in the - control group tree. Processes are moved into the scope by means - of the D-Bus API. - <command>systemd-run <option>--scope</option></command> can be - used to easily launch a command in a new scope unit.</para> - - <para>See - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> - for the common options of all unit configuration - files. The common configuration items are configured - in the generic [Unit] and [Install] sections. The - scope specific configuration options are configured in - the [Scope] section. Currently, only generic cgroup settings - as described in - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.cgroup</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> are allowed. - </para> + <para>Scope units are not configured via unit configuration files, + but are only created programmatically using the bus interfaces of + systemd. They are named similar to filenames. A unit whose name + ends in <literal>.scope</literal> refers to a scope unit. Scopes + units manage a set of system processes. Unlike service units scope + units manage externally created processes, and do not fork off + processes on its own.</para> + + <para>The main purpose of scope units is grouping worker processes + of a system service for organization and resource management.</para> + + <para><command>systemd-run <option>--scope</option></command> may + be used to easily launch a command in a new scope unit from the + command line.</para> <para>Unless <varname>DefaultDependencies=false</varname> is used, scope units will implicitly have dependencies of |