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@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*-->
-<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd" [
 <!ENTITY % entities SYSTEM "custom-entities.ent" >
 %entities;
 ]>
-
-<!--
-  SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
--->
+<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+ -->
 
 <refentry id="systemd.generator">
   <refentryinfo>
@@ -27,7 +24,7 @@
 
   <refsynopsisdiv>
     <cmdsynopsis>
-      <command>/path/to/generator</command>
+      <command index='false'>/path/to/generator</command>
       <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>normal-dir</replaceable></arg>
       <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>early-dir</replaceable></arg>
       <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>late-dir</replaceable></arg>
       </listitem>
 
       <listitem>
-        <para>It is a good idea to use the <varname>SourcePath=</varname> directive
-        in generated unit files to specify the source configuration file you are
-        generating the unit from. This makes things more easily understood by the
-        user and also has the benefit that systemd can warn the user about
-        configuration files that changed on disk but have not been read yet by
-        systemd.</para>
+        <para>The generator should always include its own name in a comment at the top of the generated file,
+        so that the user can easily figure out which component created or amended a particular unit.</para>
+
+        <para>The <varname>SourcePath=</varname> directive should be used in generated files to specify the
+        source configuration file they are generated from. This makes things more easily understood by the
+        user and also has the benefit that systemd can warn the user about configuration files that changed
+        on disk but have not been read yet by systemd. The <varname>SourcePath=</varname> value does not have
+        to be a file in a physical filesystem. For example, in the common case of the generator looking at
+        the kernel command line, <option>SourcePath=/proc/cmdline</option> should be used.</para>
       </listitem>
 
       <listitem>
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ find $dir</programlisting>
       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-rc-local-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-system-update-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-sysv-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-xdg-autostart-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.environment-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>