diff --git a/man/systemctl.xml b/man/systemctl.xml
index 033160329e..4a7abab8a4 100644
--- a/man/systemctl.xml
+++ b/man/systemctl.xml
@@ -151,9 +151,12 @@ along with systemd; If not, see .
Show reverse dependencies between units with
- list-dependencies, i.e. units with
- dependencies of type Wants= or
- Requires= on the given unit.
+ list-dependencies, i.e. follow
+ dependencies of type WantedBy=,
+ RequiredBy=,
+ RequiredByOverrridable=,
+ PartOf=, BoundBy=,
+ instead of Wants= and similar.
@@ -164,10 +167,20 @@ along with systemd; If not, see .
With list-dependencies, show the
units that are ordered before the specified unit. In other
- words, list the units that are in the After=
- directive of the specified unit, have the specified unit in
- their Before= directive, or are otherwise
- implicit dependencies of the specified unit.
+ words, recursively list units following the
+ After= dependency.
+
+ Note that any After= dependency is
+ automatically mirrored to create a
+ Before= dependency. Temporal dependencies
+ may be specified explictly, but are also created implicitly
+ for units which are WantedBy= targets
+ (see
+ systemd.target5),
+ and as a result of other directives (for example
+ RequiresMountsFor=). Both explicitly
+ and implicitly introduced dependencies are shown with
+ list-dependencies.
@@ -177,10 +190,8 @@ along with systemd; If not, see .
With list-dependencies, show the
units that are ordered after the specified unit. In other
- words, list the units that are in the Before=
- directive of the specified unit, have the specified unit in
- their After= directive, or otherwise depend
- on the specified unit.
+ words, recursively list units following the
+ Before= dependency.
@@ -848,15 +859,30 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service
- list-dependencies NAME
+
+ list-dependencies
+ NAME
+
- Shows required and wanted units of the specified
- unit. If no unit is specified,
- default.target is implied. Target units
- are recursively expanded. When is
- passed, all other units are recursively expanded as
- well.
+ Shows units required and wanted by the specified
+ unit. This recursively lists units following the
+ Requires=,
+ RequiresOverridable=,
+ Requisite=,
+ RequisiteOverridable=,
+ Wants=, BindsTo=
+ dependencies. If no unit is specified,
+ default.target is implied.
+
+ By default, only target units are recursively
+ expanded. When is passed, all other
+ units are recursively expanded as well.
+
+ Options ,
+ ,
+ may be used to change what types of dependencies
+ are shown.