in directories listed earlier override files with the same name in
directories lower in the list.</para>
- <para>When systemd is running in user mode
- (<option>--user</option>) and the variable
- <varname>$SYSTEMD_UNIT_PATH</varname> is set, the contents of this
- variable overrides the unit load path. If
+ <para>When the variable <varname>$SYSTEMD_UNIT_PATH</varname> is set,
+ the contents of this variable overrides the unit load path. If
<varname>$SYSTEMD_UNIT_PATH</varname> ends with an empty component
(<literal>:</literal>), the usual unit load path will be appended
to the contents of the variable.</para>