diff --git a/man/systemd.exec.xml b/man/systemd.exec.xml
index edeced56b5..5d4986b6bf 100644
--- a/man/systemd.exec.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.exec.xml
@@ -1151,16 +1151,18 @@
/proc/sys, /sys, /proc/sysrq-trigger,
/proc/latency_stats, /proc/acpi,
/proc/timer_stats, /proc/fs and /proc/irq will
- be made read-only to all processes of the unit. Usually, tunable kernel variables should only be written at
- boot-time, with the sysctl.d5
- mechanism. Almost no services need to write to these at runtime; it is hence recommended to turn this on for
- most services. For this setting the same restrictions regarding mount propagation and privileges apply as for
- ReadOnlyPaths= and related calls, see above. Defaults to off.
- If turned on and if running in user mode, or in system mode, but without the CAP_SYS_ADMIN
- capability (e.g. setting User=), NoNewPrivileges=yes
- is implied. Note that this option does not prevent kernel tuning through IPC interfaces
- and external programs. However InaccessiblePaths= can be used to
- make some IPC file system objects inaccessible.
+ be made read-only to all processes of the unit. Usually, tunable kernel variables should be initialized only at
+ boot-time, for example with the
+ sysctl.d5 mechanism. Few
+ services need to write to these at runtime; it is hence recommended to turn this on for most services. For this
+ setting the same restrictions regarding mount propagation and privileges apply as for
+ ReadOnlyPaths= and related calls, see above. Defaults to off. If turned on and if running
+ in user mode, or in system mode, but without the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability (e.g. services
+ for which User= is set), NoNewPrivileges=yes is implied. Note that this
+ option does not prevent indirect changes to kernel tunables effected by IPC calls to other processes. However,
+ InaccessiblePaths= may be used to make relevant IPC file system objects inaccessible. If
+ ProtectKernelTunables= is set, MountAPIVFS=yes is
+ implied.
@@ -1196,7 +1198,8 @@
unit. Except for container managers no services should require write access to the control groups hierarchies;
it is hence recommended to turn this on for most services. For this setting the same restrictions regarding
mount propagation and privileges apply as for ReadOnlyPaths= and related calls, see
- above. Defaults to off.
+ above. Defaults to off. If ProtectControlGroups= is set, MountAPIVFS=yes is
+ implied.