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diff --git a/man/sysusers.d.xml b/man/sysusers.d.xml
index 1832ecf0e6..18c71db63e 100644
--- a/man/sysusers.d.xml
+++ b/man/sysusers.d.xml
@@ -134,6 +134,25 @@ u root 0 "Superuser" /root</programlisting>
will be implicitly
created.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>r</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Add a range of
+ numeric UIDs/GIDs to the pool
+ to allocate new UIDs and GIDs
+ from. If no line of this type
+ is specified the range of
+ UIDs/GIDs is set to some
+ compiled-in default. Note that
+ both UIDs and GIDs are
+ allocated from the same pool,
+ in order to ensure that users
+ and groups of the same name
+ are likely to carry the same
+ numeric UID and
+ GID.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
</variablelist>
</refsect2>
@@ -154,6 +173,10 @@ u root 0 "Superuser" /root</programlisting>
<para>For <varname>m</varname> lines this
field should contain the user name to add to a
group.</para>
+
+ <para>For lines of type <varname>r</varname>
+ this field should be set to
+ <literal>-</literal>.</para>
</refsect2>
<refsect2>
@@ -175,6 +198,14 @@ u root 0 "Superuser" /root</programlisting>
<para>For <varname>m</varname> lines this
field should contain the group name to add to
a user to.</para>
+
+ <para>For lines of type <varname>r</varname>
+ this field should be set to a UID/GID range in
+ the format <literal>FROM-TO</literal> where
+ both values are formatted as decimal ASCII
+ numbers. Alternatively, a single UID/GID may
+ be specified formatted as decimal ASCII
+ numbers.</para>
</refsect2>
<refsect2>