diff --git a/src/fstab-generator/fstab-generator.c b/src/fstab-generator/fstab-generator.c
index 8e2f522bd..9fa2d860d 100644
--- a/src/fstab-generator/fstab-generator.c
+++ b/src/fstab-generator/fstab-generator.c
@@ -192,10 +192,14 @@ static int add_mount(
                 return 0;
 
         if (path_equal(where, "/")) {
-                /* The root disk is not an option */
-                automount = false;
-                noauto = false;
-                nofail = false;
+                if (noauto)
+                        log_warning("Ignoring \"noauto\" for root device");
+                if (nofail)
+                        log_warning("Ignoring \"nofail\" for root device");
+                if (automount)
+                        log_warning("Ignoring automount option for root device");
+
+                noauto = nofail = automount = false;
         }
 
         name = unit_name_from_path(where, ".mount");
@@ -394,7 +398,7 @@ static int parse_fstab(bool initrd) {
         return r;
 }
 
-static int add_root_mount(void) {
+static int add_sysroot_mount(void) {
         _cleanup_free_ char *what = NULL;
         const char *opts;
 
@@ -430,7 +434,7 @@ static int add_root_mount(void) {
                          "/proc/cmdline");
 }
 
-static int add_usr_mount(void) {
+static int add_sysroot_usr_mount(void) {
         _cleanup_free_ char *what = NULL;
         const char *opts;
 
@@ -577,9 +581,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
         /* Always honour root= and usr= in the kernel command line if we are in an initrd */
         if (in_initrd()) {
-                r = add_root_mount();
+                r = add_sysroot_mount();
                 if (r == 0)
-                        r = add_usr_mount();
+                        r = add_sysroot_usr_mount();
         }
 
         /* Honour /etc/fstab only when that's enabled */
diff --git a/src/shared/generator.c b/src/shared/generator.c
index 7f16d5cbe..cd37812f8 100644
--- a/src/shared/generator.c
+++ b/src/shared/generator.c
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@
 
 int generator_write_fsck_deps(
                 FILE *f,
-                const char *dest,
+                const char *dir,
                 const char *what,
                 const char *where,
                 const char *fstype) {
 
         assert(f);
-        assert(dest);
+        assert(dir);
         assert(what);
         assert(where);
 
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ int generator_write_fsck_deps(
                         return log_warning_errno(r, "Checking was requested for %s, but fsck.%s cannot be used: %m", what, fstype);
         }
 
-        if (streq(where, "/")) {
+        if (path_equal(where, "/")) {
                 char *lnk;
 
-                lnk = strjoina(dest, "/" SPECIAL_LOCAL_FS_TARGET ".wants/systemd-fsck-root.service");
+                lnk = strjoina(dir, "/" SPECIAL_LOCAL_FS_TARGET ".wants/systemd-fsck-root.service");
 
                 mkdir_parents(lnk, 0755);
                 if (symlink(SYSTEM_DATA_UNIT_PATH "/systemd-fsck-root.service", lnk) < 0)
@@ -76,17 +76,20 @@ int generator_write_fsck_deps(
                         return log_oom();
 
                 fprintf(f,
-                        "RequiresOverridable=%s\n"
-                        "After=%s\n",
-                        fsck,
+                        "RequiresOverridable=%1$s\n"
+                        "After=%1$s\n",
                         fsck);
         }
 
         return 0;
 }
 
-int generator_write_timeouts(const char *dir, const char *what, const char *where,
-                             const char *opts, char **filtered) {
+int generator_write_timeouts(
+                const char *dir,
+                const char *what,
+                const char *where,
+                const char *opts,
+                char **filtered) {
 
         /* Allow configuration how long we wait for a device that
          * backs a mount point to show up. This is useful to support
diff --git a/src/shared/generator.h b/src/shared/generator.h
index 64bd28f59..6c3f38abb 100644
--- a/src/shared/generator.h
+++ b/src/shared/generator.h
@@ -23,7 +23,16 @@
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 
-int generator_write_fsck_deps(FILE *f, const char *dest, const char *what, const char *where, const char *type);
+int generator_write_fsck_deps(
+        FILE *f,
+        const char *dir,
+        const char *what,
+        const char *where,
+        const char *type);
 
-int generator_write_timeouts(const char *dir, const char *what, const char *where,
-                             const char *opts, char **filtered);
+int generator_write_timeouts(
+        const char *dir,
+        const char *what,
+        const char *where,
+        const char *opts,
+        char **filtered);