<listitem><para>Show messages from system services and the kernel (with
<option>--system</option>). Show messages from service of current user (with
<option>--user</option>). If neither is specified, show all messages that the user can see.
- </para></listitem>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>The <option>--user</option> option affects how <option>--unit</option> arguments are
+ treated. See <option>--unit</option>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
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unit, all logs of children of the slice will be shown.</para>
+ <para>With <option>--user</option>, all <option>--unit</option> arguments will be converted to match
+ user messages as if specified with <option>--user-unit</option>.</para>
+
<para>This parameter can be specified multiple times.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>