From: TheHillBright <150074496+TheHillBright@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 21 May 2025 10:38:12 +0000 (+0800)
Subject: journald: clarify doc for usage-related values cap (#37528)
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journald: clarify doc for usage-related values cap (#37528)

The old description makes users wrongly assume that the cap of 4G
applied, even when the user specifies a value that will result in higher
than 4G. This commit avoids this misunderstanding.
---

diff --git a/man/journald.conf.xml b/man/journald.conf.xml
index d96886baabe..30132bcffc5 100644
--- a/man/journald.conf.xml
+++ b/man/journald.conf.xml
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@
         and use the smaller of the two values.</para>
 
         <para>The first pair defaults to 10% and the second to 15% of
-        the size of the respective file system, but each value is
+        the size of the respective file system, but each of the calculated default values is
         capped to 4G. If the file system is nearly full and either
         <varname>SystemKeepFree=</varname> or
         <varname>RuntimeKeepFree=</varname> are violated when