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+<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
+        xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
+        xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+        version="5.0"
+        xml:id="sec-maintenance-mode">
+ <title>Maintenance Mode</title>
+
+ <para>
+  You can enter rescue mode by running:
+<screen>
+<prompt># </prompt>systemctl rescue</screen>
+  This will eventually give you a single-user root shell. Systemd will stop
+  (almost) all system services. To get out of maintenance mode, just exit from
+  the rescue shell.
+ </para>
+</section>