diff --git a/man/systemd.exec.xml b/man/systemd.exec.xml
index 8a22ac0138..a0fca5996b 100644
--- a/man/systemd.exec.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.exec.xml
@@ -286,9 +286,24 @@
empty string is assigned to this
option the list of environment
variables is reset, all prior
- assignments have no effect. See
+ assignments have no effect.
+ Variable expansion is not performed
+ inside the strings, and $ has no special
+ meaning.
+ If you need to assign a value containing spaces
+ to a variable, use double quotes (")
+ for the assignment.
+
+ Example:
+ Environment="VAR1=word1 word2" VAR2=word3 "VAR3=word 5 6"
+ gives three variables VAR1,
+ VAR2, VAR3.
+
+
+
+ See
environ7
- for details.
+ for details about environment variables.
EnvironmentFile=