From 72a1cba5121c4b617ee82afe6bb0316a4de8716c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christoph Anton Mitterer <mail@christoph.anton.mitterer.name>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2025 17:41:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] man: document some filename patterns that are generally
 ignored

---
 man/systemd.unit.xml | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/man/systemd.unit.xml b/man/systemd.unit.xml
index 7f552a687f1..06085ca0ee0 100644
--- a/man/systemd.unit.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.unit.xml
@@ -277,6 +277,10 @@
     effective way to fully disable a unit, making it impossible to
     start it even manually.</para>
 
+    <para>Files (including directories) with names that match certain patterns are
+    generally ignored. This includes names that start with a <literal>.</literal> or
+    end with a <literal>.ignore</literal>.</para>
+
     <para>The unit file format is covered by the
     <ulink url="https://systemd.io/PORTABILITY_AND_STABILITY/">Interface
     Portability and Stability Promise</ulink>.</para>
-- 
2.47.3