From: Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2018 15:43:16 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: man: don't mention "stub" and "merged" unit load states
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man: don't mention "stub" and "merged" unit load states

These states should never be visible to the outside, as they are used
only internally while loading unit. Hence let's drop them from the
documentation.
---

diff --git a/man/systemctl.xml b/man/systemctl.xml
index 7a2777664eb..1237962b3c1 100644
--- a/man/systemctl.xml
+++ b/man/systemctl.xml
@@ -701,18 +701,13 @@ To show all installed unit files use 'systemctl list-unit-files'.
             terminal supports that. A colored dot is shown next to services which
             were masked, not found, or otherwise failed.</para>
 
-            <para>The LOAD column shows the load state, one of
-            <constant>loaded</constant>, <constant>not-found</constant>,
-            <constant>stub</constant>, <constant>error</constant>,
-            <constant>merged</constant>, <constant>masked</constant>. The ACTIVE
-            columns shows the general unit state, one of <constant>active</constant>,
-            <constant>reloading</constant>, <constant>inactive</constant>,
-            <constant>failed</constant>, <constant>activating</constant>,
-            <constant>deactivating</constant>. The SUB column shows the
-            unit-type-specific detailed state of the unit, possible values vary by
-            unit type. The list of possible LOAD, ACTIVE, and SUB states is not
-            constant and new systemd releases may both add and remove values.
-            <programlisting>systemctl --state=help</programlisting> command maybe be
+            <para>The LOAD column shows the load state, one of <constant>loaded</constant>,
+            <constant>not-found</constant>, <constant>error</constant>, <constant>masked</constant>. The ACTIVE columns
+            shows the general unit state, one of <constant>active</constant>, <constant>reloading</constant>,
+            <constant>inactive</constant>, <constant>failed</constant>, <constant>activating</constant>,
+            <constant>deactivating</constant>. The SUB column shows the unit-type-specific detailed state of the unit,
+            possible values vary by unit type. The list of possible LOAD, ACTIVE, and SUB states is not constant and
+            new systemd releases may both add and remove values. <programlisting>systemctl --state=help</programlisting> command maybe be
             used to display the current set of possible values.</para>
 
             <para>This is the default command.</para>