diff --git a/man/sd_journal_get_fd.xml b/man/sd_journal_get_fd.xml
index 24ececd9cb..b15fc1728c 100644
--- a/man/sd_journal_get_fd.xml
+++ b/man/sd_journal_get_fd.xml
@@ -233,12 +233,12 @@ else {
   <refsect1>
     <title>Signal safety</title>
 
-    <para>In general, <function>sd_journal_get_fd()</function>,
-    <function>sd_journal_get_events()</function>, and <function>sd_journal_get_timeout()</function>
-    are <emphasis>not</emphasis> "async signal safe" in the meaning of
-    <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>signal</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
-    Nevertheless, only the first call to any of those three functions performs unsafe operations, so
-    subsequent calls <emphasis>are</emphasis> safe.</para>
+    <para>In general, <function>sd_journal_get_fd()</function>, <function>sd_journal_get_events()</function>, and
+    <function>sd_journal_get_timeout()</function> are <emphasis>not</emphasis> "async signal safe" in the meaning of
+    <citerefentry
+    project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>signal-safety</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+    Nevertheless, only the first call to any of those three functions performs unsafe operations, so subsequent calls
+    <emphasis>are</emphasis> safe.</para>
 
     <para><function>sd_journal_process()</function> and <function>sd_journal_wait()</function> are not
     safe. <function>sd_journal_reliable_fd()</function> is safe.</para>
diff --git a/man/sd_journal_print.xml b/man/sd_journal_print.xml
index f771ba307f..038d3bbbd4 100644
--- a/man/sd_journal_print.xml
+++ b/man/sd_journal_print.xml
@@ -205,8 +205,8 @@ sd_journal_send("MESSAGE=Hello World, this is PID %lu!", (unsigned long) getpid(
     <title>Thread safety</title>
     <para>All functions listed here are thread-safe and may be called in parallel from multiple threads.</para>
 
-    <para><function>sd_journal_sendv()</function> is "async signal safe" in the meaning of
-    <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>signal</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+    <para><function>sd_journal_sendv()</function> is "async signal safe" in the meaning of <citerefentry
+    project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>signal-safety</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
     </para>
 
     <para><function>sd_journal_print</function>,
diff --git a/man/sd_journal_stream_fd.xml b/man/sd_journal_stream_fd.xml
index b9da483713..13972aea7c 100644
--- a/man/sd_journal_stream_fd.xml
+++ b/man/sd_journal_stream_fd.xml
@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@
 
     <para>It is recommended that applications log UTF-8 messages only
     with this API, but this is not enforced.</para>
+
+    <para>Each invocation of <function>sd_journal_stream_fd()</function> allocates a new log stream file descriptor,
+    that is not shared with prior or later invocations. The file descriptor is write-only (its reading direction is
+    shut down), and <constant>O_NONBLOCK</constant> is turned off initially.</para>
   </refsect1>
 
   <refsect1>
@@ -106,8 +110,8 @@
   <refsect1>
     <title>Signal safety</title>
 
-    <para><function>sd_journal_stream_fd()</function> is "async signal safe" in the meaning of
-    <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>signal</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+    <para><function>sd_journal_stream_fd()</function> is "async signal safe" in the meaning of <citerefentry
+    project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>signal-safety</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
     </para>
   </refsect1>
 
diff --git a/src/journal/journal-send.c b/src/journal/journal-send.c
index b322127a4e..73329ba024 100644
--- a/src/journal/journal-send.c
+++ b/src/journal/journal-send.c
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ _public_ int sd_journal_stream_fd(const char *identifier, int priority, int leve
         if (shutdown(fd, SHUT_RD) < 0)
                 return -errno;
 
-        fd_inc_sndbuf(fd, SNDBUF_SIZE);
+        (void) fd_inc_sndbuf(fd, SNDBUF_SIZE);
 
         identifier = strempty(identifier);