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diff --git a/bus/dbus-daemon.1.in b/bus/dbus-daemon.1.in
index acee933a..a657d285 100644
--- a/bus/dbus-daemon.1.in
+++ b/bus/dbus-daemon.1.in
@@ -437,9 +437,10 @@ matches against the given field in the message header.
.PP
"Eavesdropping" occurs when an application receives a message that
-was explicitly addressed to a name the application does not own.
-Eavesdropping thus only applies to messages that are addressed to
-services (i.e. it does not apply to signals).
+was explicitly addressed to a name the application does not own, or
+is a reply to such a message. Eavesdropping thus only applies to
+messages that are addressed to services and replies to such messages
+(i.e. it does not apply to signals).
.PP
For <allow>, eavesdrop="true" indicates that the rule matches even
@@ -449,7 +450,7 @@ For <deny>, eavesdrop="true" indicates that the rule matches
only when eavesdropping. eavesdrop="false" is the default for <deny>
also, but here it means that the rule applies always, even when
not eavesdropping. The eavesdrop attribute can only be combined with
-receive rules (with receive_* attributes).
+send and receive rules (with send_* and receive_* attributes).
.PP