From: Matthijs Kooijman <matthijs@stdin.nl>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 22:34:03 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: man/systemd.service: Note RestartSteps are exponential
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man/systemd.service: Note RestartSteps are exponential

(cherry picked from commit 2102511f4a5f52b6fa8091941c2495e7236f9b48)
(cherry picked from commit d703b1e42b56e409b4cbe370a8ca236c4a804444)
(cherry picked from commit 8d61e2bdd7fc798a8b53f196fbab570c928dca76)
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diff --git a/man/systemd.service.xml b/man/systemd.service.xml
index d9326382257..284d87631e5 100644
--- a/man/systemd.service.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.service.xml
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@
 
       <varlistentry>
         <term><varname>RestartSteps=</varname></term>
-        <listitem><para>Configures the number of steps to take to increase the interval
+        <listitem><para>Configures the number of exponential steps to take to increase the interval
         of auto-restarts from <varname>RestartSec=</varname> to <varname>RestartMaxDelaySec=</varname>.
         Takes a positive integer or 0 to disable it. Defaults to 0.</para>