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diff --git a/man/machinectl.xml b/man/machinectl.xml
index 89dca9cf89..2f2e2571f5 100644
--- a/man/machinectl.xml
+++ b/man/machinectl.xml
@@ -203,14 +203,45 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>terminate</command> <replaceable>ID</replaceable>...</term>
+ <term><command>login</command> <replaceable>ID</replaceable></term>
- <listitem><para>Terminates a virtual
- machine or container. This kills all
- processes of the virtual machine or
- container and deallocates all
- resources attached to that
- instance.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Open a terminal login
+ session to a container. This will
+ create a TTY connection to a specific
+ container and asks for the execution of a
+ getty on it. Note that this is only
+ supported for containers running
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ as init system.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>reboot</command> <replaceable>ID</replaceable>...</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Reboot one or more
+ containers. This will trigger a reboot
+ by sending SIGINT to the container's
+ init process, which is roughly
+ equivalent to pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del on
+ a non-containerized system, and is
+ compatible with containers running any
+ init system.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>poweroff</command> <replaceable>ID</replaceable>...</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Power off one or more
+ containers. This will trigger a reboot
+ by sending SIGRTMIN+4 to the
+ container's init process, which causes
+ systemd-compatible init systems to
+ shut down cleanly. This operation does
+ not work on containers that do not run
+ a
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>-compatible
+ init system, such as
+ sysvinit.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@@ -229,29 +260,16 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>reboot</command> <replaceable>ID</replaceable>...</term>
+ <term><command>terminate</command> <replaceable>ID</replaceable>...</term>
- <listitem><para>Reboot one or more
- containers. This will trigger a reboot
- by sending SIGINT to the container's
- init process, which is roughly
- equivalent to pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del on
- a non-containerized
- system.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Terminates a virtual
+ machine or container. This kills all
+ processes of the virtual machine or
+ container and deallocates all
+ resources attached to that
+ instance.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><command>login</command> <replaceable>ID</replaceable></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Open a terminal login
- session to a container. This will
- create a TTY connection to a specific
- container and asks for the execution of a
- getty on it. Note that this is only
- supported for containers running
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- as init system.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>