diff --git a/man/systemd.service.xml b/man/systemd.service.xml
index 145f97206c..4ff009e773 100644
--- a/man/systemd.service.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.service.xml
@@ -191,11 +191,17 @@
main process of the service. systemd will proceed with starting follow-up units as soon as the parent
process exits.
- Behavior of is similar to ; however, the
- service manager will consider the unit started after the main process exits. It will then start follow-up
- units. RemainAfterExit= is particularly useful for this type of
- service. Type= is the implied default if neither
- Type= nor ExecStart= are specified.
+ Behavior of is similar to ;
+ however, the service manager will consider the unit up after the main process exits. It will then
+ start follow-up units. RemainAfterExit= is particularly useful for this type
+ of service. Type= is the implied default if neither
+ Type= nor ExecStart= are specified. Note that if this
+ option is used without RemainAfterExit= the service will never enter
+ active unit state, but directly transition from activating
+ to deactivating or dead since no process is configured that
+ shall run continously. In particular this means that after a service of this type ran (and which
+ has RemainAfterExit= not set) it will not show up as started afterwards, but
+ as dead.Behavior of is similar to ; however, it is
expected that the service acquires a name on the D-Bus bus, as configured by