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-rw-r--r--man/systemd.timer.xml8
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd.timer.xml b/man/systemd.timer.xml
index fd03bda9cd..dcd7b90ee5 100644
--- a/man/systemd.timer.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.timer.xml
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><varname>RandomSec=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>RandomizedDelaySec=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Delay the timer by a randomly selected, evenly
distributed amount of time between 0 and the specified time
@@ -222,16 +222,16 @@
time range in order to minimize wakeups, the former does the
opposite: it stretches timer events over a time range, to make
it unlikely that they fire simultaneously. If
- <varname>RandomSec=</varname> and
+ <varname>RandomizedDelaySec=</varname> and
<varname>AccuracySec=</varname> are used in conjunction, first
the a randomized time is added, and the result is then
possibly shifted further to coalesce it with other timer
events possibly happening on the system. As mentioned above
<varname>AccuracySec=</varname> defaults to 1min and
- <varname>RandomSec=</varname> to 0, thus encouraging
+ <varname>RandomizedDelaySec=</varname> to 0, thus encouraging
coalescing of timer events. In order to optimally stretch
timer events over a certain range of time, make sure to set
- <varname>RandomSec=</varname> to a higher value, and
+ <varname>RandomizedDelaySec=</varname> to a higher value, and
<varname>AccuracySec=1us</varname>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>