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-rw-r--r--man/systemctl.xml18
-rw-r--r--man/systemd-suspend.service.xml5
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemctl.xml b/man/systemctl.xml
index 786c2bdfcf..31f3b1a909 100644
--- a/man/systemctl.xml
+++ b/man/systemctl.xml
@@ -1173,17 +1173,29 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><command>suspend</command></term>
- <listitem><para>Suspend the system.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Suspend the
+ system. This will trigger activation
+ of the special
+ <filename>suspend.target</filename>
+ target.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><command>hibernate</command></term>
- <listitem><para>Hibernate the system.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Hibernate the
+ system. This will trigger activation
+ of the special
+ <filename>hibernate.target</filename>
+ target.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><command>hybrid-sleep</command></term>
- <listitem><para>Hibernate and suspend the system.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Hibernate and suspend
+ the system. This will trigger
+ activation of the special
+ <filename>hybrid-sleep.target</filename>
+ target.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><command>switch-root [ROOT] [INIT]</command></term>
diff --git a/man/systemd-suspend.service.xml b/man/systemd-suspend.service.xml
index b9464c8826..9b8bad4791 100644
--- a/man/systemd-suspend.service.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-suspend.service.xml
@@ -106,6 +106,11 @@
system sleep states with a command such as
"<literal>systemctl suspend</literal>" or
similar.</para>
+
+ <para>Internally, this service will echo a string like
+ <literal>mem</literal> into
+ <filename>/sys/power/state</filename>, to trigger the
+ actual system suspend.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>