diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b8a37767eb..96f0dd79f9 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ CHANGES WITH 217:
           show log timestamps in the UTC timezone. journalctl now also
           accepts -n/--lines=all to disable line capping in a pager.
 
-        * journalctl gained a new switch, --flush, that flushes
-          logs from /run/log/journal to /var/log/journal if
-          persistent storage is enabled.
+        * journalctl gained a new switch, --flush, that synchronously
+          flushes logs from /run/log/journal to /var/log/journal if
+          persistent storage is enabled. systemd-journal-flush.service
+          now waits until the operation is complete.
 
         * Services can notify the manager before they start a reload
           (by sending RELOADING=1) or shutdown (by sending
diff --git a/units/systemd-journal-flush.service.in b/units/systemd-journal-flush.service.in
index 2612220e2e..fa290897d6 100644
--- a/units/systemd-journal-flush.service.in
+++ b/units/systemd-journal-flush.service.in
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #  (at your option) any later version.
 
 [Unit]
-Description=Trigger Flushing of Journal to Persistent Storage
+Description=Flush Journal to Persistent Storage
 Documentation=man:systemd-journald.service(8) man:journald.conf(5)
 DefaultDependencies=no
 Requires=systemd-journald.service