diff --git a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
index ac6565ec93..f097045b7b 100644
--- a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
+++ b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,37 @@
 <filename>…</filename>
 <filename>/usr/share/user-tmpfiles.d/*.conf</filename>
     </literallayout></para>
+
+    <programlisting>#Type Path                                     Mode User Group Age         Argument
+f     /file/to/create                          mode user group -           content
+F     /file/to/create-or-truncate              mode user group -           content
+w     /file/to/write-to                        -    -    -     -           content
+d     /directory/to/create-and-cleanup         mode user group cleanup-age -
+D     /directory/to/create-and-remove          mode user group cleanup-age -
+e     /directory/to/cleanup                    mode user group cleanup-age -
+v     /subvolume/to/create                     mode user group -           -
+v     /subvolume-or-directory/to/create        mode user group -           -
+Q     /subvolume/to/create                     mode user group -           -
+p     /fifo/to/create                          mode user group -           -
+L     /symlink/to/create                       -    -    -     -           symlink/target/path
+c     /dev/char-device-to-create               mode user group -           -
+b     /dev/block-device-to-create              mode user group -           -
+# p+, L+, c+, b+ create target unconditionally
+C     /target/to/create                        -    -    -     -           /source/to/copy
+x     /path-or-glob/to/ignore                  -    -    -     -           -
+X     /path-or-glob/to/ignore/recursively      -    -    -     -           -
+r     /empty/dir/to/remove                     -    -    -     -           -
+R     /dir/to/remove/recursively               -    -    -     -           -
+z     /path-or-glob/to/adjust/mode             mode user group -           MAC context
+Z     /path-or-glob/to/adjust/mode/recursively mode user group -           MAC context
+t     /path-or-glob/to/set/xattrs              -    -    -     -           xattrs
+T     /path-or-glob/to/set/xattrs/recursively  -    -    -     -           xattrs
+h     /path-or-glob/to/set/attrs               -    -    -     -           file attrs
+H     /path-or-glob/to/set/attrs/recursively   -    -    -     -           file attrs
+a     /path-or-glob/to/set/acls                -    -    -     -           POSIX ACLs
+A     /path-or-glob/to/set/acls/recursively    -    -    -     -           POSIX ACLs
+# a+, A+ append ACLs
+</programlisting>
   </refsynopsisdiv>
 
   <refsect1>
diff --git a/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c b/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c
index ef817fca4f..02eecf3e3a 100644
--- a/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c
+++ b/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c
@@ -2613,13 +2613,22 @@ static int parse_line(const char *fname, unsigned line, const char *buffer, bool
 
         case COPY_FILES:
                 if (!i.argument) {
-                        i.argument = strappend("/usr/share/factory/", i.path);
+                        i.argument = path_join(arg_root, "/usr/share/factory/", i.path);
                         if (!i.argument)
                                 return log_oom();
+
                 } else if (!path_is_absolute(i.argument)) {
                         *invalid_config = true;
                         log_error("[%s:%u] Source path is not absolute.", fname, line);
                         return -EBADMSG;
+
+                } else if (arg_root) {
+                        char *p;
+
+                        p = prefix_root(arg_root, i.argument);
+                        if (!p)
+                                return log_oom();
+                        free_and_replace(i.argument, p);
                 }
 
                 path_simplify(i.argument, false);
@@ -2713,7 +2722,6 @@ static int parse_line(const char *fname, unsigned line, const char *buffer, bool
                 p = path_join(arg_root, i.path);
                 if (!p)
                         return log_oom();
-
                 free_and_replace(i.path, p);
         }