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@@ -2962,21 +2962,23 @@ StandardInputData=V2XigLJyZSBubyBzdHJhbmdlcnMgdG8gbG92ZQpZb3Uga25vdyB0aGUgcnVsZX
<term><varname>LogRateLimitIntervalSec=</varname></term>
<term><varname>LogRateLimitBurst=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Configures the rate limiting that is applied to log messages generated by this
- unit. If, in the time interval defined by <varname>LogRateLimitIntervalSec=</varname>, more messages
- than specified in <varname>LogRateLimitBurst=</varname> are logged by a service, all further messages
+ <listitem><para>Configures the rate limiting that is applied to log messages generated by this unit.
+ If, in the time interval defined by <varname>LogRateLimitIntervalSec=</varname>, more messages than
+ specified in <varname>LogRateLimitBurst=</varname> are logged by a service, all further messages
within the interval are dropped until the interval is over. A message about the number of dropped
messages is generated. The time specification for <varname>LogRateLimitIntervalSec=</varname> may be
- specified in the following units: "s", "min", "h", "ms", "us" (see
+ specified in the following units: "s", "min", "h", "ms", "us". See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.time</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> for
- details). The default settings are set by <varname>RateLimitIntervalSec=</varname> and
+ details. The default settings are set by <varname>RateLimitIntervalSec=</varname> and
<varname>RateLimitBurst=</varname> configured in
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journald.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. Note
- that this only applies to log messages that are processed by the logging subsystem, i.e. by
- <filename>systemd-journald.service</filename>. This means, if you connect a service's stderr directly
- to a file via <varname>StandardOutput=file:…</varname> or a similar setting the rate limiting will
- not be applied to messages written that way (but they will be enforced for messages generated via
- <function>syslog()</function> or similar).</para></listitem>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journald.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+ Note that this only applies to log messages that are processed by the logging subsystem, i.e. by
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-journald.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ This means that if you connect a service's stderr directly to a file via
+ <varname>StandardOutput=file:…</varname> or a similar setting, the rate limiting will not be applied
+ to messages written that way (but it will be enforced for messages generated via
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>syslog</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ and similar functions).</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>