</para>
<para>The <option>--user</option> option affects how <option>--unit=</option> arguments are
- treated. See <option>--unit=</option>.</para></listitem>
+ treated. See <option>--unit=</option>.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that <option>--user</option> only works if persistent logging is enabled, via the
+ <varname>Storage=</varname> setting in
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journald.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<filename>/var/log/journal/</filename>, as the <filename>systemd-journald@.service</filename> service
file by default carries <varname>LogsDirectory=</varname>. To turn that off, add a unit file drop-in
file that sets <varname>LogsDirectory=</varname> to an empty string.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that per-user journal files are not supported unless persistent storage is enabled, thus
+ making <command>journalctl --user</command> unavailable.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>