man: explain that the journal field SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER is usually derived from program_invocation_short_name

(cherry picked from commit d2753d2200)
2026-09-05 05:01:29 +00:00 · 2014-04-07 12:17:19 -04:00
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@@ -156,7 +156,10 @@
                                        (formatted as decimal string),
                                        the identifier string
                                        (i.e. "tag"), and the client
-                                        PID.</para>
+                                        PID. (Note that the tag is
+                                        usually derived from glibc's
+                                        <varname>program_invocation_short_name</varname>
+                                        variable, see <citerefentry><refentrytitle>program_invocation_short_name</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.)</para>
                                </listitem>

                        </varlistentry>