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<term><option>--boot</option></term>
- <listitem><para>Also execute lines with an exclamation mark.
- </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Also execute lines with an exclamation mark. Lines that are not safe to be executed
+ on a running system may be marked in this way. <command>systemd-tmpfiles</command> is executed in
+ early boot with <option>--boot</option> specified and will execute those lines. When invoked again
+ later, it should be called without <option>--boot</option>.</para></listitem>
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