diff --git a/man/systemd.network.xml b/man/systemd.network.xml
index a27f2ff99e..1a33b77002 100644
--- a/man/systemd.network.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.network.xml
@@ -409,11 +409,21 @@
         </varlistentry>
         <varlistentry>
           <term><varname>IPv6AcceptRouterAdvertisements=</varname></term>
-          <listitem><para>Configures Accept Router Advertisements.
-          This is enabled if local forwarding is disabled.
-          Disabled if local forwarding is enabled.
-          Takes a boolean. Defaults to unset.
-        </para></listitem>
+          <listitem><para>Force the setting of <filename>accept_ra</filename>
+          (router advertisements) setting for the interface.
+          When unset, the kernel default is used, and router
+          advertisements are accepted only when local forwarding
+          is disabled for that interface.
+          Takes a boolean. If true, router advertisements are
+          accepted, when false, router advertisements are ignored,
+          independently of the local forwarding state.</para>
+
+          <para>See
+          <ulink url="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt">ip-sysctl.txt</ulink>
+          in the kernel documentation, but note that systemd's
+          setting of <constant>1</constant> corresponds to
+          kernel's setting of <constant>2</constant>.</para>
+        </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
         <varlistentry>
           <term><varname>Bridge=</varname></term>
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-link.c b/src/network/networkd-link.c
index ffc9578e86..aa09065cf5 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-link.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-link.c
@@ -1812,16 +1812,16 @@ static int link_set_ipv6_accept_ra(Link *link) {
          * disabled if local forwarding is enabled).
          * If set, ignore or enforce RA independent of local forwarding state.
          */
-        if (link->network->ipv6_accept_ra < 0) {
+        if (link->network->ipv6_accept_ra < 0)
                 /* default to accept RA if ip_forward is disabled and ignore RA if ip_forward is enabled */
                 v = "1";
-        } else if (link->network->ipv6_accept_ra > 0) {
+        else if (link->network->ipv6_accept_ra > 0)
                 /* "2" means accept RA even if ip_forward is enabled */
                 v = "2";
-        } else {
+        else
                 /* "0" means ignore RA */
                 v = "0";
-        }
+
         p = strjoina("/proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/", link->ifname, "/accept_ra");
 
         r = write_string_file(p, v, 0);