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diff --git a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
index 3f6128cb5b..5bf1f2956b 100644
--- a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
+++ b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
@@ -169,13 +169,15 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>v</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Create a subvolume if the path does not
- exist yet and the file system supports this
- (btrfs). Otherwise, create a normal directory, in the same
- way as <varname>d</varname>. A subvolume created with this
- line type is not assigned to any higher-level quota
- group. For that, use <varname>q</varname> or
- <varname>Q</varname>, which allow creating simple quota group
- hierarchies, see below.</para></listitem>
+ exist yet, the file system supports subvolumes (btrfs), and
+ the system itself is installed into a subvolume
+ (specifically: the root directory <filename>/</filename> is
+ itself a subvolume). Otherwise, create a normal directory, in
+ the same way as <varname>d</varname>. A subvolume created
+ with this line type is not assigned to any higher-level
+ quota group. For that, use <varname>q</varname> or
+ <varname>Q</varname>, which allow creating simple quota
+ group hierarchies, see below.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>