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index c600405c87..cf4e1ba839 100644
--- a/man/systemd.swap.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.swap.xml
@@ -72,19 +72,18 @@
project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>swapon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
binary is executed in, in
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.kill</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- which define the way the these processes are
+ which define the way these processes are
terminated, and in
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.resource-control</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
which configure resource control settings for these processes of the
unit.</para>
- <para>Swap units must be named after the devices
- or files they control. Example: the swap device
- <filename noindex='true'>/dev/sda5</filename> must be configured in a
- unit file <filename>dev-sda5.swap</filename>. For details about
- the escaping logic used to convert a file system path to a unit
- name, see
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+ <para>Swap units must be named after the devices or files they control. Example: the swap device <filename
+ noindex='true'>/dev/sda5</filename> must be configured in a unit file <filename>dev-sda5.swap</filename>. For
+ details about the escaping logic used to convert a file system path to a unit name, see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. Note that swap
+ units cannot be templated, nor is possible to add multiple names to a swap unit by creating additional symlinks to
+ it.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
@@ -95,12 +94,10 @@
dependencies on the device units or the mount units of the files
they are activated from.</para>
- <para>Swap units with <varname>DefaultDependencies=</varname>
- enabled implicitly acquire a <varname>Conflicts=</varname> and an
- <varname>After=</varname> dependency on
- <filename>umount.target</filename> so that they are deactivated at
- shutdown, unless <varname>DefaultDependencies=no</varname> is
- specified.</para>
+ <para>Swap units with <varname>DefaultDependencies=</varname> in the <literal>[Unit]</literal> section enabled
+ implicitly acquire a <varname>Conflicts=</varname> and an <varname>After=</varname> dependency on
+ <filename>umount.target</filename> so that they are deactivated at shutdown, unless
+ <varname>DefaultDependencies=no</varname> is specified.</para>
<para>Additional implicit dependencies may be added as result of
execution and resource control parameters as documented in