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diff --git a/man/systemd.journal-fields.xml b/man/systemd.journal-fields.xml index c079274c32..0c95c4cd95 100644 --- a/man/systemd.journal-fields.xml +++ b/man/systemd.journal-fields.xml @@ -111,6 +111,11 @@ <varname>program_invocation_short_name</varname> variable, see <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>program_invocation_short_name</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.)</para> + <para>Note that the journal service does not validate the values of any structured + journal fields whose name is not prefixed with an underscore, and this includes any + syslog related fields such as these. Hence, applications that supply a facility, PID, + or log level are expected to do so properly formatted, i.e. as numeric integers formatted + as decimal strings.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> |