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diff --git a/doc/dbus-specification.sgml b/doc/dbus-specification.sgml
index 7e2fcb35..3c41068e 100644
--- a/doc/dbus-specification.sgml
+++ b/doc/dbus-specification.sgml
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>0x1</entry>
- <entry>This message is an error reply.</entry>
+ <entry>This message is an error reply. If the first argument exists and is a string, it is an error message.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
@@ -978,12 +978,13 @@
number of the message being replied to.
</para>
<para>
- If an error occurs, an error reply may be sent in place of the
- standard reply. Error replies can be identified by a special
- header flag, see <xref linkend="message-protocol-header-encoding">.
- Error replies have a name which reflects the type of
- error that occurred. Error replies would generally
- be mapped to exceptions in a programming language.
+ If an error occurs, an error reply may be sent in place of the standard
+ reply. Error replies can be identified by a special header flag, see
+ <xref linkend="message-protocol-header-encoding">. Error replies have a
+ name which reflects the type of error that occurred. Error replies would
+ generally be mapped to exceptions in a programming language. If an
+ error reply has a first argument, and that argument has type STRING,
+ then the argument must be an error message.
</para>
<para>
[FIXME discuss mapping of broadcast messages + matching rules
@@ -1220,7 +1221,7 @@
# Sample service description file
[D-BUS Service]
Name=org.gnome.ConfigurationDatabase
- Exec=gconfd-2
+ Exec=/usr/libexec/gconfd-2
</programlisting>
</figure>
</para>