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@@ -217,8 +217,10 @@ that dependency type to the function, or prefix the names with ! to
remove them from the dependencies.
.Bl -tag -width "RC_DEFAULTLEVEL"
.It Ic need
-The service will refuse to start until needed services have started and it
-will refuse to stop until any services that need it have stopped.
+The service will attempt to start any services it needs regardless of
+whether they have been added to the runlevel. It will refuse to start
+until all services it needs have started, and it will refuse to stop until all
+services that need it have stopped.
.It Ic use
The service will attempt to start any services it uses that have been added
to the runlevel.