diff --git a/man/less-variables.xml b/man/less-variables.xml
index c80534b960..38cb18be2e 100644
--- a/man/less-variables.xml
+++ b/man/less-variables.xml
@@ -25,11 +25,36 @@
Override the options passed to less (by default
FRSXMK).
- If the value of $SYSTEMD_LESS does not include K,
- and the pager that is invoked is less,
- CtrlC will be ignored by the
- executable. This allows less to handle
- CtrlC itself.
+ Users might want to change two options in particular:
+
+
+
+
+
+ This option instructs the pager to exit immediately when
+ CtrlC is pressed. To allow
+ less to handle CtrlC
+ itself to switch back to the pager command prompt, unset this option.
+
+ If the value of $SYSTEMD_LESS does not include K,
+ and the pager that is invoked is less,
+ CtrlC will be ignored by the
+ executable, and needs to be handled by the pager.
+
+
+
+
+
+ This option instructs the pager to not send termcap initialization and deinitialization
+ strings to the terminal. It is set by default to allow command output to remain visible in the
+ terminal even after the pager exits. Nevertheless, this prevents some pager functionality from
+ working, in particular paged output cannot be scrolled with the mouse.
+
+
+
+ See
+ less1
+ for more discussion.