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diff --git a/man/timedatectl.xml b/man/timedatectl.xml index 262b9126e7..f797e0cd67 100644 --- a/man/timedatectl.xml +++ b/man/timedatectl.xml @@ -23,22 +23,25 @@ <refsynopsisdiv> <cmdsynopsis> - <command>timedatectl <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> <arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg></command> + <command>timedatectl</command> + <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> + <arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg> </cmdsynopsis> </refsynopsisdiv> <refsect1> <title>Description</title> - <para><command>timedatectl</command> may be used to query and - change the system clock and its settings.</para> + <para><command>timedatectl</command> may be used to query and change the system clock and its settings, + and enable or disable time synchronization services.</para> <para>Use <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> to initialize the system time zone for mounted (but not booted) system images.</para> - <para><command>timedatectl</command> may be used to show the current status of + <para><command>timedatectl</command> may be used to show the current status of time synchronization + services, for example <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-timesyncd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>. </para> @@ -123,11 +126,8 @@ <varlistentry> <term><command>status</command></term> - <listitem><para>Show current settings of the system clock and RTC, - including whether network time synchronization through - <filename>systemd-timesyncd.service</filename> is active. Even if it is - inactive, a different service might still synchronize the clock. - If no command is specified, this is the implied default. + <listitem><para>Show current settings of the system clock and RTC, including whether network time + synchronization is active. If no command is specified, this is the implied default. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -193,11 +193,11 @@ <varlistentry> <term><command>set-ntp [BOOL]</command></term> - <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. Controls whether network time synchronization is active - and enabled (if available). If the argument is true, this enables and starts the first existed - service listed in the environment variable <varname>$SYSTEMD_TIMEDATED_NTP_SERVICES</varname> - of <filename>systemd-timedated.service</filename>. If the argument is false, then this disables and - stops the all services listed in <varname>$SYSTEMD_TIMEDATED_NTP_SERVICES</varname>.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. Controls whether network time synchronization is active and + enabled (if available). If the argument is true, this enables and starts the first existing network + synchronization service. If the argument is false, then this disables and stops the known network + synchronization services. The way that the list of services is built is described below.</para> + </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> @@ -250,8 +250,7 @@ <refsect1> <title>Exit status</title> - <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure - code otherwise.</para> + <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.</para> </refsect1> <xi:include href="less-variables.xml" /> |