<term><option>--vacuum-time=</option></term>
<term><option>--vacuum-files=</option></term>
- <listitem><para>Removes the oldest archived journal files until the disk space they use falls below
- the specified size (specified with the usual <literal>K</literal>, <literal>M</literal>,
- <literal>G</literal> and <literal>T</literal> suffixes), or all archived journal files contain no
- data older than the specified timespan (specified with the usual <literal>s</literal>,
- <literal>m</literal>, <literal>h</literal>, <literal>days</literal>, <literal>months</literal>,
- <literal>weeks</literal> and <literal>years</literal> suffixes), or no more than the specified
- number of separate journal files remain. Note that running <option>--vacuum-size=</option> has only
- an indirect effect on the output shown by <option>--disk-usage</option>, as the latter includes
- active journal files, while the vacuuming operation only operates on archived journal
- files. Similarly, <option>--vacuum-files=</option> might not actually reduce the number of journal
- files to below the specified number, as it will not remove active journal files.</para>
+ <listitem><para><option>--vacuum-size=</option> removes the oldest archived journal files until the
+ disk space they use falls below the specified size. Accepts the usual <literal>K</literal>,
+ <literal>M</literal>, <literal>G</literal> and <literal>T</literal> suffixes (to the base of
+ 1024).</para>
+
+ <para><option>--vacuum-time=</option> removes archived journal files older than the specified
+ timespan. Accepts the usual <literal>s</literal> (default), <literal>m</literal>,
+ <literal>h</literal>, <literal>days</literal>, <literal>months</literal>, <literal>weeks</literal>
+ and <literal>years</literal> suffixes, see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.time</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> for
+ details.</para>
+
+ <para><option>--vacuum-files=</option> leaves only the specified number of separate journal
+ files.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that running <option>--vacuum-size=</option> has only an indirect effect on the output
+ shown by <option>--disk-usage</option>, as the latter includes active journal files, while the
+ vacuuming operation only operates on archived journal files. Similarly,
+ <option>--vacuum-files=</option> might not actually reduce the number of journal files to below the
+ specified number, as it will not remove active journal files.</para>
<para><option>--vacuum-size=</option>, <option>--vacuum-time=</option> and
- <option>--vacuum-files=</option> may be combined in a single invocation to enforce any combination
- of a size, a time and a number of files limit on the archived journal files. Specifying any of
- these three parameters as zero is equivalent to not enforcing the specific limit, and is thus
+ <option>--vacuum-files=</option> may be combined in a single invocation to enforce any combination of
+ a size, a time and a number of files limit on the archived journal files. Specifying any of these
+ three parameters as zero is equivalent to not enforcing the specific limit, and is thus
redundant.</para>
<para>These three switches may also be combined with <option>--rotate</option> into one command. If