<term><option>--wait</option></term>
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- <para>Synchronously wait for started units to terminate again.
- This option may not be combined with <option>--no-block</option>.
- Note that this will wait forever if any given unit never terminates
- (by itself or by getting stopped explicitly); particularly services
- which use <literal>RemainAfterExit=yes</literal>.</para>
-
- <para>When used with <command>is-system-running</command>, wait
- until the boot process is completed before returning.</para>
+ <para>When used with <command>start</command> or <command>restart</command>, synchronously wait for
+ started units to terminate again. This option may not be combined with <option>--no-block</option>.
+ Note that this will wait forever if any given unit never terminates (by itself or by getting
+ stopped explicitly); particularly services which use <literal>RemainAfterExit=yes</literal>.</para>
+
+ <para>When used with <command>is-system-running</command>, wait until the boot process is completed
+ before returning.</para>
+
+ <para>When used with <command>kill</command>, wait until the signalled units terminate. Note that
+ this will wait forever if any given unit never terminates.</para>
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