<term><option>-f</option></term>
<term><option>--force</option></term>
- <listitem><para>Force immediate halt, power-off, reboot. Do
- not contact the init system.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Force immediate halt, power-off, reboot. If specified, the command does not contact the init
+ system. In most cases, filesystems are not properly unmounted before shutdown. For example, the
+ command <command>reboot -f</command> is mostly equivalent to <command>systemctl reboot -ff</command>,
+ instead of <command>systemctl reboot -f</command>.</para>
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>