diff --git a/man/sysctl.d.xml b/man/sysctl.d.xml
index 21ef6de97c..4932948178 100644
--- a/man/sysctl.d.xml
+++ b/man/sysctl.d.xml
@@ -59,9 +59,11 @@
     <filename>/proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/enp3s0.200/forwarding</filename>.
     </para>
 
-    <para>If a variable assignment is prefixed with a single <literal>-</literal> character, any attempts to
-    set it that fail will be ignored (though are logged). Moreover, any access permission errors, and
-    attempts to write variables not defined on the local system are ignored (and logged) too.</para>
+    <para>Any access permission errors and attempts to write variables not defined on the local system are
+    logged, but do not cause the the service to fail. Moreover, if a variable assignment is prefixed with a
+    single <literal>-</literal> character, failure to set the variable will be logged, but will not cause the
+    service to fail. All other errors when setting variables cause the service to return failure at the end
+    (other variables are still processed).</para>
 
     <para>The settings configured with <filename>sysctl.d</filename>
     files will be applied early on boot. The network
diff --git a/src/boot/bootctl.c b/src/boot/bootctl.c
index e7cf73e1a1..9ecd9f78f3 100644
--- a/src/boot/bootctl.c
+++ b/src/boot/bootctl.c
@@ -1361,7 +1361,7 @@ static int install_random_seed(const char *esp) {
 
         r = genuine_random_bytes(buffer, sz, RANDOM_BLOCK);
         if (r < 0)
-                return log_error_errno(r, "Faile to acquire random seed: %m");
+                return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to acquire random seed: %m");
 
         r = tempfn_random(path, "bootctl", &tmp);
         if (r < 0)
@@ -1384,7 +1384,7 @@ static int install_random_seed(const char *esp) {
 
         tmp = mfree(tmp);
 
-        log_info("Successfully written random seed file %s with %zu bytes.", path, sz);
+        log_info("Random seed file %s successfully written (%zu bytes).", path, sz);
 
         if (!arg_touch_variables)
                 return 0;