diff --git a/man/standard-conf.xml b/man/standard-conf.xml
index 2f56c95fbb4..c3cebdac5f9 100644
--- a/man/standard-conf.xml
+++ b/man/standard-conf.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@
packages) or /usr/local/lib/ (local installs). Files in /etc/
are reserved for the local administrator, who may use this logic to override the configuration files
installed by vendor packages. It is recommended to prefix all filenames with a two-digit number and a
- dash, to simplify the ordering of the files.
+ dash, to simplify the ordering of the files. It is recommended to use the range 10-40 for configuration
+ files in /usr/ and the range 60-90 for configuration files in
+ /etc/ and /run/, to make sure that local and transient
+ configuration files will always take priority over configuration files shipped by the OS vendor.
If the administrator wants to disable a configuration file supplied by the vendor, the recommended
way is to place a symlink to /dev/null in the configuration directory in
@@ -68,9 +71,12 @@
who may use this logic to override the configuration files installed by vendor packages. Drop-ins have to
be used to override package drop-ins, since the main configuration file has lower precedence. It is
recommended to prefix all filenames in those subdirectories with a two-digit number and a dash, to
- simplify the ordering of the files. This also defined a concept of drop-in priority to allow
- distributions to ship drop-ins within a specific range lower than the range used by users. This should
- lower the risk of package drop-ins overriding accidentally drop-ins defined by users.
+ simplify the ordering of the files. This also defines a concept of drop-in priorities to allow
+ OS vendors to ship drop-ins within a specific range lower than the range used by users. This should
+ lower the risk of package drop-ins overriding accidentally drop-ins defined by users. It is recommended
+ to use the range 10-40 for drop-ins in /usr/ and the range 60-90 for drop-ins in
+ /etc/ and /run/, to make sure that local and transient drop-ins
+ take priority over drop-ins shipped by the OS vendor.
To disable a configuration file supplied by the vendor, the recommended way is to place a symlink
to /dev/null in the configuration directory in /etc/, with the