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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd.special.xml b/man/systemd.special.xml index 6e0dff9b47..78bad4d814 100644 --- a/man/systemd.special.xml +++ b/man/systemd.special.xml @@ -215,20 +215,19 @@ <term><filename>exit.target</filename></term> <listitem> <para>A special service unit for shutting down the system or - user service manager. It also works in containers and is - equivalent to <filename>poweroff.target</filename> on - non-container systems.</para> + user service manager. It is equivalent to + <filename>poweroff.target</filename> on non-container + systems, and also works in containers.</para> - <para>Applications wanting to terminate the user service - manager should start this unit. If systemd receives + <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> - when running as user service daemon, it will start this - unit.</para> + signal when running as user service daemon.</para> - <para>Normally, this pulls in + <para>Normally, this (indirectly) 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> + conflicted by all units that want to be scheduled for + shutdown when the service manager starts to exit.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> |