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diff --git a/man/journalctl.xml b/man/journalctl.xml
index 959ae1efa2..cc7d1a0533 100644
--- a/man/journalctl.xml
+++ b/man/journalctl.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
- <command>journalctl <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">MATCHES</arg></command>
+ <command>journalctl</command>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">MATCHES</arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
@@ -114,8 +116,8 @@
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>--help</option></term>
<term><option>-h</option></term>
+ <term><option>--help</option></term>
<listitem><para>Prints a short help
text and exits.</para></listitem>
@@ -143,8 +145,8 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>--all</option></term>
<term><option>-a</option></term>
+ <term><option>--all</option></term>
<listitem><para>Show all fields in
full, even if they include unprintable
@@ -153,8 +155,8 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>--follow</option></term>
<term><option>-f</option></term>
+ <term><option>--follow</option></term>
<listitem><para>Show only the most recent
journal entries, and continuously print
@@ -163,8 +165,26 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>--lines=</option></term>
+ <term><option>-e</option></term>
+ <term><option>--pager-end</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Immediately jump to
+ the end of the journal inside the
+ implied pager tool. This implies
+ <option>-n1000</option> to guarantee
+ that the pager won't buffer logs of
+ unbounded size. This may be overridden
+ with an explicit <option>-n</option>
+ with some other numeric value on the
+ command line. Note that this option is
+ only supported for the
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>less</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ pager.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
<term><option>-n</option></term>
+ <term><option>--lines=</option></term>
<listitem><para>Show the most recent
journal events and limit the number of
@@ -185,8 +205,16 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>--output=</option></term>
+ <term><option>-r</option></term>
+ <term><option>--reverse</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Reverse output, so the newest
+ entries are displayed first.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
<term><option>-o</option></term>
+ <term><option>--output=</option></term>
<listitem><para>Controls the
formatting of the journal entries that
@@ -240,8 +268,8 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>--catalog</option></term>
<term><option>-x</option></term>
+ <term><option>--catalog</option></term>
<listitem><para>Augment log lines with
explanation texts from the message
@@ -264,8 +292,8 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>--quiet</option></term>
<term><option>-q</option></term>
+ <term><option>--quiet</option></term>
<listitem><para>Suppresses any warning
message regarding inaccessible system
@@ -274,8 +302,8 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>--merge</option></term>
<term><option>-m</option></term>
+ <term><option>--merge</option></term>
<listitem><para>Show entries
interleaved from all available
@@ -284,8 +312,8 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>--this-boot</option></term>
<term><option>-b</option></term>
+ <term><option>--this-boot</option></term>
<listitem><para>Show data only from
current boot. This will add a match
@@ -295,14 +323,33 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>--unit=</option></term>
<term><option>-u</option></term>
+ <term><option>--unit=</option></term>
- <listitem><para>Show data only of the
- specified unit. This will add a match
- for <literal>_SYSTEMD_UNIT=</literal>
- for the specified
- unit.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Show messages for the
+ specified systemd unit. This will add
+ a match for messages from the unit
+ (<literal>_SYSTEMD_UNIT=</literal>)
+ and additional matches for messages
+ from systemd and messages about
+ coredumps for the specified unit.</para>
+ <para>This parameter can be specified multiple times.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--user-unit=</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Show messages for the
+ specified user session unit. This will
+ add a match for messages from the unit
+ (<literal>_SYSTEMD_USER_UNIT=</literal>
+ and <literal>_UID=</literal>) and
+ additional matches for messages from
+ session systemd and messages about
+ coredumps for the specified unit.</para>
+ <para>This parameter can be specified multiple times.
+ </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@@ -341,8 +388,8 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>--cursor=</option></term>
<term><option>-c</option></term>
+ <term><option>--cursor=</option></term>
<listitem><para>Start showing entries
from the location in the journal
@@ -381,8 +428,8 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>--field=</option></term>
<term><option>-F</option></term>
+ <term><option>--field=</option></term>
<listitem><para>Print all possible
data values the specified field can
@@ -391,10 +438,10 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>--directory=</option></term>
<term><option>-D</option></term>
+ <term><option>--directory=</option></term>
- <listitem><para>Takes an absolute
+ <listitem><para>Takes a
directory path as argument. If
specified journalctl will operate on the
specified journal directory instead of
@@ -403,6 +450,20 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--root=<replaceable>ROOT</replaceable></option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Takes a directory path
+ as argument. If specified journalctl
+ will operate on catalog file hierarchy
+ underneath the specified directory
+ instead of the root directory
+ (e.g. <option>--update-catalog</option>
+ will create
+ <filename><replaceable>ROOT</replaceable>/var/lib/systemd/catalog/database</filename>).
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
<term><option>--new-id128</option></term>
<listitem><para>Instead of showing
@@ -436,12 +497,39 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>--list-catalog</option></term>
+ <term><option>--list-catalog
+ <optional><replaceable>ID128...</replaceable></optional>
+ </option></term>
<listitem><para>List the contents of
the message catalog, as table of
message IDs plus their short
- description strings.</para></listitem>
+ description strings.</para>
+
+ <para>If any
+ <replaceable>ID128</replaceable>s are
+ specified, only those entries are shown.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--dump-catalog
+ <optional><replaceable>ID128...</replaceable></optional>
+ </option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Show the contents of
+ the message catalog, with entries
+ separated by a line consisting of two
+ dashes and the id (the format is the
+ same as <filename>.catalog</filename>
+ files.</para>
+
+ <para>If any
+ <replaceable>ID128</replaceable>s are
+ specified, only those entries are shown.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@@ -518,7 +606,7 @@
<refsect1>
<title>Environment</title>
- <variablelist>
+ <variablelist class='environment-variables'>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>$SYSTEMD_PAGER</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Pager to use when
@@ -564,7 +652,7 @@
<programlisting>journalctl /usr/bin/dbus-daemon</programlisting>
- <para>Show all logs of the kernel device node <filename>/dev/sda</filename>:</para>
+ <para>Show all logs of the kernel device node <filename noindex='true'>/dev/sda</filename>:</para>
<programlisting>journalctl /dev/sda</programlisting>