diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 10daec629d..ecb5df82b3 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ CHANGES WITH 248:
           be restored for individual services with NoExecPaths=/dev (or by allow-
           listing and excluding /dev from ExecPaths=).
 
-        * Permissions for /dev/vsock are now set to 0666, and /dev/vhost-vsock
+        * Permissions for /dev/vsock are now set to 0o666, and /dev/vhost-vsock
           and /dev/vhost-net are owned by the kvm group.
 
         * The hardware database has been extended with a list of fingerprint
diff --git a/man/systemd.device.xml b/man/systemd.device.xml
index 255ca3373b..596d334d5d 100644
--- a/man/systemd.device.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.device.xml
@@ -26,11 +26,10 @@
   <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
 
-    <para>A unit configuration file whose name ends in
-    <literal>.device</literal> encodes information about a device unit
-    as exposed in the
-    sysfs/<citerefentry><refentrytitle>udev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
-    device tree.</para>
+    <para>A unit configuration file whose name ends in <literal>.device</literal> encodes information about a
+    device unit as exposed in the
+    sysfs/<citerefentry><refentrytitle>udev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> device
+    tree. This may be used to define dependencies between devices and other units.</para>
 
     <para>This unit type has no specific options. See
     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
@@ -40,14 +39,10 @@
     sections. A separate [Device] section does not
     exist, since no device-specific options may be configured.</para>
 
-    <para>systemd will dynamically create device units for all kernel
-    devices that are marked with the "systemd" udev tag (by default
-    all block and network devices, and a few others). This may be used
-    to define dependencies between devices and other units. To tag a
-    udev device, use <literal>TAG+="systemd"</literal> in the udev
-    rules file, see
-    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>udev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
-    for details.</para>
+    <para>systemd will dynamically create device units for all kernel devices that are marked with the
+    <literal>systemd</literal> udev tag (by default all block and network devices, and a few others). Note
+    that <emphasis>if <filename>systemd-udev.service</filename> is not running, no device units will be
+    available (for example in a typical container)</emphasis>.</para>
 
     <para>Device units are named after the <filename>/sys/</filename>
     and <filename>/dev/</filename> paths they control. Example: the
@@ -57,6 +52,10 @@
     name see
     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
 
+    <para>To tag a udev device, use <literal>TAG+="systemd"</literal> in the udev rules file, see
+    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>udev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> for details.
+    </para>
+
     <para>Device units will be reloaded by systemd whenever the
     corresponding device generates a <literal>changed</literal> event.
     Other units can use <varname>ReloadPropagatedFrom=</varname> to react
diff --git a/src/basic/log.c b/src/basic/log.c
index 0e6023cff2..595db0c395 100644
--- a/src/basic/log.c
+++ b/src/basic/log.c
@@ -252,18 +252,14 @@ int log_open(void) {
 
         /* Do not call from library code. */
 
-        /* This function is often called in preparation for being able
-         * to log. Let's make sure we don't clobber errno, so that a call
-         * to a logging function immediately following a log_open() call
-         * can still easily reference an error that happened immediately
-         * before the log_open() call. */
+        /* This function is often called in preparation for logging. Let's make sure we don't clobber errno,
+         * so that a call to a logging function immediately following a log_open() call can still easily
+         * reference an error that happened immediately before the log_open() call. */
         PROTECT_ERRNO;
 
-        /* If we don't use the console we close it here, to not get
-         * killed by SAK. If we don't use syslog we close it here so
-         * that we are not confused by somebody deleting the socket in
-         * the fs, and to make sure we don't use it if prohibit_ipc is
-         * set. If we don't use /dev/kmsg we still keep it open,
+        /* If we don't use the console, we close it here to not get killed by SAK. If we don't use syslog, we
+         * close it here too, so that we are not confused by somebody deleting the socket in the fs, and to
+         * make sure we don't use it if prohibit_ipc is set. If we don't use /dev/kmsg we still keep it open,
          * because there is no reason to close it. */
 
         if (log_target == LOG_TARGET_NULL) {