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@@ -212,6 +212,25 @@
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
+ <term><filename>exit.target</filename></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>A special service unit for shutting down the system or
+ user service manager. It is equivalent to
+ <filename>poweroff.target</filename> on non-container
+ systems, and also works in containers.</para>
+
+ <para>systemd will start this unit when it receives a
+ request to shut down over D-Bus or a
+ <constant>SIGTERM</constant> or <constant>SIGINT</constant>
+ signal when running as user service daemon.</para>
+
+ <para>Normally, this (indirectly) pulls in
+ <filename>shutdown.target</filename> which in turn should be
+ conflicted by all units that want to be scheduled for
+ shutdown when the service manager starts to exit.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
<term><filename>final.target</filename></term>
<listitem>
<para>A special target unit that is used during the shutdown
@@ -797,6 +816,7 @@
<para>When systemd runs as a user instance, the following special
units are available, which have similar definitions as their
system counterparts:
+ <filename>exit.target</filename>,
<filename>default.target</filename>,
<filename>shutdown.target</filename>,
<filename>sockets.target</filename>,
@@ -806,30 +826,6 @@
<filename>printer.target</filename>,
<filename>smartcard.target</filename>,
<filename>sound.target</filename>.</para>
-
- <para>In addition, the following special unit is understood only
- when systemd runs as service instance:</para>
-
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><filename>exit.target</filename></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>A special service unit for shutting down the user
- service manager.</para>
-
- <para>Applications wanting to terminate the user service
- manager should start this unit. If systemd receives
- <constant>SIGTERM</constant> or <constant>SIGINT</constant>
- when running as user service daemon, it will start this
- unit.</para>
-
- <para>Normally, this pulls in
- <filename>shutdown.target</filename> which in turn should be
- conflicted by all units that want to be shut down on user
- service manager exit.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>