<varlistentry>
<term>BARRIER=1</term>
- <listitem><para>Tells the service manager that the client is explicitly requesting synchronization by means of
- closing the file descriptor sent with this command. The service manager guarantees that the processing of a <varname>
- BARRIER=1</varname> command will only happen after all previous notification messages sent before this command
- have been processed. Hence, this command accompanied with a single file descriptor can be used to synchronize
- against reception of all previous status messages. Note that this command cannot be mixed with other notifications,
- and has to be sent in a separate message to the service manager, otherwise all assignments will be ignored. Note that
- sending 0 or more than 1 file descriptor with this command is a violation of the protocol.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Tells the service manager that the client is explicitly requesting synchronization by
+ means of closing the file descriptor sent with this command. The service manager guarantees that the
+ processing of a <varname>BARRIER=1</varname> command will only happen after all previous notification
+ messages sent before this command have been processed. Hence, this command accompanied with a single
+ file descriptor can be used to synchronize against reception of all previous status messages. Note
+ that this command cannot be mixed with other notifications, and has to be sent in a separate message
+ to the service manager, otherwise all assignments will be ignored. Note that sending 0 or more than 1
+ file descriptor with this command is a violation of the protocol.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<para><function>sd_notify_barrier()</function> allows the caller to
synchronize against reception of previously sent notification messages
- and uses the <literal>BARRIER=1</literal> command. It takes a relative
+ and uses the <varname>BARRIER=1</varname> command. It takes a relative
<varname>timeout</varname> value in microseconds which is passed to
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>ppoll</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>. A value of UINT64_MAX is interpreted as infinite timeout.