<para><command>systemd-notify</command> may be called by daemon
scripts to notify the init system about status changes. It can be
used to send arbitrary information, encoded in an
- environment-block-like list of strings. Most importantly it can be
+ environment-block-like list of strings. Most importantly, it can be
used for start-up completion notification.</para>
<para>This is mostly just a wrapper around
message is sent. This option is hence unrelated to the other
options. For details about the semantics of this option, see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_booted</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>. An
- alternative way to check for this state is to call
+ alternate way to check for this state is to call
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
with the <command>is-system-running</command> command. It will
return <literal>offline</literal> if the system was not booted