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</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>--setenv=</option><replaceable>VARIABLE</replaceable>=<replaceable>VALUE</replaceable></term>
+ <term><option>--setenv=</option><replaceable>VARIABLE</replaceable>[=<replaceable>VALUE</replaceable>]</term>
- <listitem><para>Takes an environment variable assignment to set for all user processes. Note that a
- number of other settings also result in environment variables to be set for the user, including
- <option>--email=</option>, <option>--timezone=</option> and <option>--language=</option>. May be used
- multiple times to set multiple environment variables.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Takes an environment variable assignment to set for all user processes. May be used
+ multiple times to set multiple environment variables. When <literal>=</literal> and
+ <replaceable>VALUE</replaceable> are omitted, the value of the variable with the same name in the
+ program environment will be used.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that a number of other settings also result in environment variables to be set for the
+ user, including <option>--email=</option>, <option>--timezone=</option> and
+ <option>--language=</option>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>