Based on the journalctl documentation of this option added in
23ad99b519
(#10527), but with the first reference to “fields” replaced by “journal
messages”, since I think it’s less common to show other fields with
`systemctl status` (though it’s possible with the `-o` option).
<para>When listing units with <command>list-dependencies</command>, recursively show
dependencies of all dependent units (by default only dependencies of target units are
shown).</para>
+
+ <para>When used with <command>status</command>, show journal messages in full, even if they include
+ unprintable characters or are very long. By default, fields with unprintable characters are
+ abbreviated as "blob data". (Note that the pager may escape unprintable characters again.)</para>
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