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diff --git a/man/systemd-vconsole-setup.service.xml b/man/systemd-vconsole-setup.service.xml
index e048258621..f2da2a7b77 100644
--- a/man/systemd-vconsole-setup.service.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-vconsole-setup.service.xml
@@ -43,23 +43,35 @@
<refnamediv>
<refname>systemd-vconsole-setup.service</refname>
<refname>systemd-vconsole-setup</refname>
- <refpurpose>Configure the virtual console at boot</refpurpose>
+ <refpurpose>Configure the virtual consoles</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<para><filename>systemd-vconsole-setup.service</filename></para>
- <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-vconsole-setup</filename></para>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-vconsole-setup</command>
+ <arg choice="opt">TTY</arg>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
- <para><filename>systemd-vconsole-setup.service</filename> is an
- early boot service that configures the virtual console font and
- console keymap. Internally it calls
- <citerefentry project='mankier'><refentrytitle>loadkeys</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- and
- <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>setfont</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+ <para><filename>systemd-vconsole-setup</filename> is a helper used to prepare either all virtual consoles, or — if
+ the optional <replaceable>TTY</replaceable> parameter is provided — a specific one. When the system is booting up
+ it's called by <citerefentry><command>udev</command></citerefentry> during vtconsole subsystem initialization.
+ <productname>Systemd</productname> also calls it internally as needed via
+ <filename>systemd-vconsole-setup.service</filename>. The helper calls
+ <citerefentry project='mankier'><refentrytitle>loadkeys</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> and
+ <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>setfont</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ internally.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ You may want to use this helper whenever you change <filename>vconsole.conf</filename> to
+ refresh the settings on your consoles — either through the <command>systemctl restart</command> /
+ <command>systemctl start</command> command or directly through the executable.
+ </para>
<para>See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>vconsole.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>