From: Christian Goeschel Ndjomouo <cgoesc2@wgu.edu>
Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2026 04:29:02 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: man: document secure mode support for the more(1) pager
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man: document secure mode support for the more(1) pager

Signed-off-by: Christian Goeschel Ndjomouo <cgoesc2@wgu.edu>
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diff --git a/man/common-variables.xml b/man/common-variables.xml
index 0f807b2cde1..74463c23d60 100644
--- a/man/common-variables.xml
+++ b/man/common-variables.xml
@@ -190,11 +190,14 @@
       allowing untrusted users to execute commands with elevated privileges.</para>
 
       <para>This option takes a boolean argument. When set to true, the "secure mode" of the pager is
-      enabled. In "secure mode", <option>LESSSECURE=1</option> will be set when invoking the pager, which
-      instructs the pager to disable commands that open or create new files or start new subprocesses.
+      enabled. In "secure mode", <option>LESSSECURE=1</option> and <option>PAGERSECURE=1</option> will be set
+      when invoking the pager, which instructs the pager to disable commands that open or create new files or
+      start new subprocesses.
       Currently only <citerefentry
-      project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>less</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> is known
-      to understand this variable and implement "secure mode".</para>
+      project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>less</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> and
+      <citerefentry
+      project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>more</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> are known
+      to understand these variables, respectively, and implement "secure mode".</para>
 
       <para>When set to false, no limitation is placed on the pager. Setting
       <varname>SYSTEMD_PAGERSECURE=0</varname> or not removing it from the inherited environment may allow