diff --git a/man/systemd-stdio-bridge.xml b/man/systemd-stdio-bridge.xml
index bef61cb7cfe..002a91b1299 100644
--- a/man/systemd-stdio-bridge.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-stdio-bridge.xml
@@ -31,9 +31,23 @@
   <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
 
-    <para><command>systemd-stdio-bridge</command> may be used as a STDIO or socket-activatable
-    proxy to a given D-Bus endpoint.</para>
+    <para><command>systemd-stdio-bridge</command> implements a proxy for a D-Bus endpoint. It expects to
+    receive an open connection to a bus when started, and will also connect to a (different) bus as a
+    client. It will then act as a server on the first connection, and forward messages between the two
+    busses. This program is suitable for socket activation: the first connection may be a pipe or a socket
+    and must be passed as either standard input, or as an open file descriptor according to the protocol
+    described in
+    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_listen_fds</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>. The
+    second connection will be made by default to the local system bus, but this can be influenced by the
+    <option>--user</option>, <option>--system</option>, <option>--machine=</option>, and
+    <option>--bus-path=</option> options described below.</para>
 
+    <para><citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-bus</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> uses
+    <command>systemd-stdio-bridge</command> to forward D-Bus connections over
+    <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>ssh</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+    or to connect to the bus of a different user, see
+    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_set_address</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+    </para>
   </refsect1>
 
   <refsect1>
@@ -42,6 +56,10 @@
     <para>The following options are understood:</para>
 
     <variablelist>
+      <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="user" />
+      <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="system" />
+      <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="machine" />
+
       <varlistentry>
           <term><option>-p <replaceable>PATH</replaceable></option></term>
           <term><option>--bus-path=<replaceable>PATH</replaceable></option></term>
@@ -52,9 +70,6 @@
 
       <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
       <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
-      <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="user" />
-      <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="system" />
-      <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="machine" />
     </variablelist>
   </refsect1>
 
@@ -70,7 +85,6 @@
       <citerefentry project='dbus'><refentrytitle>dbus-daemon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
       <citerefentry project='dbus'><refentrytitle>dbus-broker</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
       <ulink url="https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/dbus">D-Bus</ulink>,
-      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-bus</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
     </para>
   </refsect1>
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 910862ed367..312439015fd 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -250,7 +250,6 @@ conf.set_quoted('SYSTEMD_LANGUAGE_FALLBACK_MAP',              pkgdatadir / 'lang
 conf.set_quoted('SYSTEMD_MAKEFS_PATH',                        rootlibexecdir / 'systemd-makefs')
 conf.set_quoted('SYSTEMD_PULL_PATH',                          rootlibexecdir / 'systemd-pull')
 conf.set_quoted('SYSTEMD_SHUTDOWN_BINARY_PATH',               rootlibexecdir / 'systemd-shutdown')
-conf.set_quoted('SYSTEMD_STDIO_BRIDGE_BINARY_PATH',           bindir / 'systemd-stdio-bridge')
 conf.set_quoted('SYSTEMD_TEST_DATA',                          testsdir / 'testdata')
 conf.set_quoted('SYSTEMD_TTY_ASK_PASSWORD_AGENT_BINARY_PATH', rootbindir / 'systemd-tty-ask-password-agent')
 conf.set_quoted('SYSTEMD_UPDATE_HELPER_PATH',                 rootlibexecdir / 'systemd-update-helper')
diff --git a/src/stdio-bridge/stdio-bridge.c b/src/stdio-bridge/stdio-bridge.c
index b45f7912cbe..33701e775ea 100644
--- a/src/stdio-bridge/stdio-bridge.c
+++ b/src/stdio-bridge/stdio-bridge.c
@@ -26,9 +26,8 @@ static BusTransport arg_transport = BUS_TRANSPORT_LOCAL;
 static bool arg_user = false;
 
 static int help(void) {
-
         printf("%s [OPTIONS...]\n\n"
-               "STDIO or socket-activatable proxy to a given DBus endpoint.\n\n"
+               "Forward messages between two D-Bus busses via a pipe or socket.\n\n"
                "  -h --help              Show this help\n"
                "     --version           Show package version\n"
                "  -p --bus-path=PATH     Path to the bus address (default: %s)\n"
@@ -41,7 +40,6 @@ static int help(void) {
 }
 
 static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
-
         enum {
                 ARG_VERSION = 0x100,
                 ARG_MACHINE,
@@ -64,7 +62,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         assert(argc >= 0);
         assert(argv);
 
-        while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hp:M:", options, NULL)) >= 0) {
+        while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hp:M:", options, NULL)) >= 0)
 
                 switch (c) {
 
@@ -98,7 +96,6 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL),
                                                "Unknown option code %c", c);
                 }
-        }
 
         return 1;
 }
@@ -125,7 +122,7 @@ static int run(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                 in_fd = SD_LISTEN_FDS_START;
                 out_fd = SD_LISTEN_FDS_START;
         } else
-                return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL), "Illegal number of file descriptors passed.");
+                return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL), "More than one file descriptor was passed.");
 
         is_unix =
                 sd_is_socket(in_fd, AF_UNIX, 0, 0) > 0 &&