.\" Copyright 1992, 1993 Rickard E. Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)
.\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License
-.TH CTRLALTDEL 8 "August 2011" "util-linux" "System Administration"
+.TH CTRLALTDEL 8 "October 2015" "util-linux" "System Administration"
.SH NAME
ctrlaltdel \- set the function of the Ctrl-Alt-Del combination
.SH SYNOPSIS
.BR "ctrlaltdel hard" | soft
.SH DESCRIPTION
Based on examination of the
-.I linux/kernel/sys.c
+.I linux/kernel/reboot.c
code, it is clear that there are two supported functions that the
-Ctrl-Alt-Del sequence can perform: a
-.I hard
-reset, which immediately reboots the computer without calling
+Ctrl-Alt-Del sequence can perform.
+.TP
+.B hard
+Immediately reboot the computer without calling
.BR sync (2)
-and without any other preparation; and a
-.I soft
-reset, which sends the SIGINT (interrupt) signal to the
+and without any other preparation. This is the default.
+.TP
+.B soft
+Will make kernel to send the SIGINT (interrupt) signal to the
.B init
process (this is always the process with PID 1). If this option is used,
the
.SH FILES
.I /etc/rc.local
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-.BR init (8)
+.BR init (8),
+.BR systemd (1)
.SH AUTHOR
.UR poe@daimi.aau.dk
Peter Orbaek