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diff --git a/man/systemd-journald.service.xml b/man/systemd-journald.service.xml
index 1f1a7f1ca2..fa6e97edf0 100644
--- a/man/systemd-journald.service.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-journald.service.xml
@@ -63,13 +63,31 @@
<para><filename>systemd-journald</filename> is a
system service that collects and stores logging data.
It creates and maintains structured, indexed journals
- based on logging information that is received from the
- kernel, from user processes via the libc
- <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>syslog</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- call, from standard input and standard error of system
- services or via its native API. It will implicitly
- collect numerous metadata fields for each log
- messages in a secure and unfakeable way. See
+ based on logging information that is received from a
+ variety of sources:</para>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>Kernel log messages, via kmsg</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>Simple system log messages, via the
+ libc <citerefentry
+ project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>syslog</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ call</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>Structured system log messages via the
+ native Journal API, see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_print</refentrytitle><manvolnum>4</manvolnum></citerefentry></para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>Standard output and
+ standard error of system
+ services</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>Audit records, via the audit subsystem</para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+ <para>The daemon will implicitly collect numerous
+ metadata fields for each log messages in a secure and
+ unfakeable way. See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.journal-fields</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for more information about the collected metadata.
</para>
@@ -89,8 +107,7 @@
the data.</para>
<para><filename>systemd-journald</filename> will
- forward all received log messages to the <constant>AF_UNIX</constant>
- <constant>SOCK_DGRAM</constant> socket
+ forward all received log messages to the <constant>AF_UNIX</constant>/<constant>SOCK_DGRAM</constant> socket
<filename>/run/systemd/journal/syslog</filename>, if it exists, which
may be used by Unix syslog daemons to process the data
further.</para>
@@ -250,6 +267,7 @@
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-journal</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-coredump</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>setfacl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_print</refentrytitle><manvolnum>4</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<command>pydoc systemd.journal</command>.
</para>
</refsect1>