From 27c7bc970d9e7ffe060688a8dd77b7747503a564 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001

From: Pat Riehecky <jcpunk@gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2017 17:48:25 -0500

Subject: [PATCH] man: systemd-timesyncd.service(8) (#6109)

Updates the documentation to note use of SNTP (resolves #5735)

(cherry picked from commit 42d3bf86bb75842602d3712caa2baccd09a1c795)

---

 man/systemd-timesyncd.service.xml | 6 ++++++

 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/man/systemd-timesyncd.service.xml b/man/systemd-timesyncd.service.xml

index 6ec384313b..3edcaf1b4e 100644

--- a/man/systemd-timesyncd.service.xml

+++ b/man/systemd-timesyncd.service.xml

@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@

     reboots to ensure it monotonically advances even if the system

     lacks a battery-buffered RTC chip.</para>

+    <para>The <filename>systemd-timesyncd</filename> service

+    specifically implements only SNTP. This minimalistic

+    service will set the system clock for large offsets or

+    slowly adjust it for smaller deltas. More complex use

+    cases are not covered by <filename>systemd-timesyncd</filename>.</para>

+

     <para>The NTP servers contacted are determined from the global

     settings in

     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>timesyncd.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,