diff --git a/man/journald.conf.xml b/man/journald.conf.xml
index a14abad32d..24cee4c8b2 100644
--- a/man/journald.conf.xml
+++ b/man/journald.conf.xml
@@ -273,21 +273,16 @@
         <varname>RuntimeMaxUse=</varname> limit after a vacuuming operation is
         complete.</para>
 
-        <para><varname>SystemMaxFileSize=</varname> and
-        <varname>RuntimeMaxFileSize=</varname> control how large
-        individual journal files may grow at most. This influences
-        the granularity in which disk space is made available through
-        rotation, i.e. deletion of historic data. Defaults to one
-        eighth of the values configured with
-        <varname>SystemMaxUse=</varname> and
-        <varname>RuntimeMaxUse=</varname>, so that usually seven
-        rotated journal files are kept as history.</para>
+        <para><varname>SystemMaxFileSize=</varname> and <varname>RuntimeMaxFileSize=</varname> control how
+        large individual journal files may grow at most. This influences the granularity in which disk space
+        is made available through rotation, i.e. deletion of historic data. Defaults to one eighth of the
+        values configured with <varname>SystemMaxUse=</varname> and <varname>RuntimeMaxUse=</varname>, so
+        that usually seven rotated journal files are kept as history. If the journal compact mode is enabled
+        (enabled by default), the maximum file size is capped to 4G.</para>
 
-        <para>Specify values in bytes or use K, M, G, T, P, E as
-        units for the specified sizes (equal to 1024, 1024², … bytes).
-        Note that size limits are enforced synchronously when journal
-        files are extended, and no explicit rotation step triggered by
-        time is needed.</para>
+        <para>Specify values in bytes or use K, M, G, T, P, E as units for the specified sizes (equal to
+        1024, 1024², … bytes). Note that size limits are enforced synchronously when journal files are
+        extended, and no explicit rotation step triggered by time is needed.</para>
 
         <para><varname>SystemMaxFiles=</varname> and
         <varname>RuntimeMaxFiles=</varname> control how many