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@@ -1,39 +1,12 @@
 <?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">
-
-<!--
-  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/>.
--->
+<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+ -->
 
 <refentry id="vconsole.conf" conditional='ENABLE_VCONSOLE'>
   <refentryinfo>
     <title>vconsole.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>
@@ -57,8 +30,6 @@
     the virtual console, i.e. keyboard mapping and console font. It is
     applied at boot by udev using <filename>90-vconsole.rules</filename> file.
     You can safely mask this file if you want to avoid this kind of initialization.
-    There is also <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-vconsole-setup.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
-    provided that you can conveniently use at any time to [re]initialize consoles.
     </para>
 
     <para>The basic file format of the
     <para>Depending on the operating system other configuration files
     might be checked for configuration of the virtual console as well,
     however only as fallback.</para>
+
+    <para><filename>/etc/vconsole.conf</filename> is usually created and updated
+    using
+    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-localed.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>localectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+    may be used to instruct <command>systemd-localed.service</command> to
+    query or update configuration.</para>
   </refsect1>
 
   <refsect1>
 
     <para>The following options are understood:</para>
 
-    <variablelist>
+    <variablelist class='environment-variables'>
 
       <varlistentry>
         <term><varname>KEYMAP=</varname></term>
         <term><varname>KEYMAP_TOGGLE=</varname></term>
 
-        <listitem><para>Configures the key mapping table for the
-        keyboard. <varname>KEYMAP=</varname> defaults to
-        <literal>us</literal> if not set. The
-        <varname>KEYMAP_TOGGLE=</varname> can be used to configure a
-        second toggle keymap and is by default
-        unset.</para></listitem>
+        <listitem><para>Configures the key mapping table for the keyboard.
+        <varname>KEYMAP=</varname> defaults to <literal>us</literal> if not set. The
+        <varname>KEYMAP_TOGGLE=</varname> can be used to configure a second toggle keymap and is by
+        default unset.</para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
       <varlistentry>
     </variablelist>
   </refsect1>
 
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>Kernel Command Line</title>
+
+    <para>A few configuration parameters from <filename>vconsole.conf</filename> may be overridden
+    on the kernel command line:</para>
+
+    <variablelist class='kernel-commandline-options'>
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><varname>vconsole.keymap=</varname></term>
+        <term><varname>vconsole.keymap_toggle=</varname></term>
+
+        <listitem><para>Overrides <varname>KEYMAP=</varname> and <varname>KEYMAP_TOGGLE=</varname>.
+        </para></listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+      <varlistentry>
+
+        <term><varname>vconsole.font=</varname></term>
+        <term><varname>vconsole.font_map=</varname></term>
+        <term><varname>vconsole.font_unimap=</varname></term>
+
+        <listitem><para>Overrides <varname>FONT=</varname>, <varname>FONT_MAP=</varname>, and
+        <varname>FONT_UNIMAP=</varname>.</para></listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+    </variablelist>
+  </refsect1>
+
   <refsect1>
     <title>Example</title>