diff --git a/man/systemd-soft-reboot.service.xml b/man/systemd-soft-reboot.service.xml
index 668b664513..9b29a5d68a 100644
--- a/man/systemd-soft-reboot.service.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-soft-reboot.service.xml
@@ -122,6 +122,17 @@ Type=oneshot
ExecStart=sleep infinity
+ On top of the above, templated units also need a drop-in configuration file for their
+ slice, as they are by default ran inside a slice named after the non-templated part of the unit. For
+ example, for a foo@test.service instance configured with the default slice, a
+ drop-in system-foo.slice.d/survive.conf is required, with content:
+
+ [Unit]
+SurviveFinalKillSignal=yes
+IgnoreOnIsolate=yes
+DefaultDependencies=no
+
+
File system mounts may remain mounted during the transition, and complex storage
attached, if configured to remain until the very end of the shutdown process. (Also achieved via
DefaultDependencies=no, and by avoiding