It is not true that "no string" is written to journal; the binary
name is used when run via `systemd-cat command`, or `cat` is used
when run via `command | systemd-cat`.
<listitem><para>Specify a short string that is used to
identify the logging tool. If not specified, no identification
- string is written to the journal.</para></listitem>
+ string is set for the journal entry, and the executable name
+ (or <literal>cat</literal> if the input is read from a pipe)
+ will be used to describe the log source instead.
+ </para></listitem>
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