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@@ -1,41 +1,12 @@
 <?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*-->
-<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
-  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
-
-<!--
-  SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
-
-  This file is part of systemd.
-
-  Copyright 2010 Lennart Poettering
-
-  systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-  under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
-  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
-  (at your option) any later version.
-
-  systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
-  WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
-  Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
-  along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
--->
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd">
+<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later -->
 
 <refentry id="locale.conf">
   <refentryinfo>
     <title>locale.conf</title>
     <productname>systemd</productname>
-
-    <authorgroup>
-      <author>
-        <contrib>Developer</contrib>
-        <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
-        <surname>Poettering</surname>
-        <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
-      </author>
-    </authorgroup>
   </refentryinfo>
 
   <refmeta>
     system-wide locale settings. It is read at early boot by
     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
 
-    <para>The basic file format of <filename>locale.conf</filename> is
-    a newline-separated list of environment-like shell-compatible
-    variable assignments. It is possible to source the configuration
-    from shell scripts, however, beyond mere variable assignments, no
-    shell features are supported, allowing applications to read the
-    file without implementing a shell compatible execution
-    engine.</para>
+    <para>The format of <filename>locale.conf</filename> is a newline-separated list of environment-like
+    shell-compatible variable assignments, ignoring comments and empty lines. It is possible to source the
+    configuration from shell scripts, however, beyond mere variable assignments, no shell features are
+    supported, allowing applications to read the file without implementing a shell compatible execution
+    engine. See
+    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>os-release</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for a
+    detailed description of the format.</para>
 
     <para>Note that the kernel command line options
     <varname>locale.LANG=</varname>,
     <para>The locale settings configured in
     <filename>/etc/locale.conf</filename> are system-wide and are
     inherited by every service or user, unless overridden or unset by
-    individual programs or individual users.</para>
+    individual programs or users.</para>
 
     <para>Depending on the operating system, other configuration files
     might be checked for locale configuration as well, however only as
     fallback.</para>
 
-    <para><filename>/etc/vconsole.conf</filename> is usually created and updated
+    <para><filename>/etc/locale.conf</filename> can be updated
     using
     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-localed.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
     <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>localectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
     may be used to alter the settings in this file during runtime from
     the command line. Use
     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
-    to initialize them on mounted (but not booted) system images.</para>
+    to customize them on mounted (but not booted) system images.</para>
   </refsect1>
 
   <refsect1>
 
       <para><filename>/etc/locale.conf</filename>:</para>
 
-      <programlisting>LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
+      <programlisting># Custom settings
+
+LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8</programlisting>
     </example>
 
@@ -144,13 +117,12 @@ LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8</programlisting>
 
   <refsect1>
       <title>See Also</title>
-      <para>
-        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
-        <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>locale</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
-        <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>localectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
-        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-localed.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
-        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
-      </para>
+      <para><simplelist type="inline">
+        <member><citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></member>
+        <member><citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>locale</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry></member>
+        <member><citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>localectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></member>
+        <member><citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-localed.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry></member>
+        <member><citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></member>
+      </simplelist></para>
   </refsect1>
-
 </refentry>