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--- a/man/NetworkManager.conf.5
+++ b/man/NetworkManager.conf.5
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 .\"     Title: NetworkManager.conf
 .\"    Author: 
 .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot <http://docbook.sf.net/>
-.\"      Date: 06/28/2023
+.\"      Date: 08/09/2023
 .\"    Manual: Configuration
-.\"    Source: NetworkManager 1.42.8
+.\"    Source: NetworkManager 1.44.0
 .\"  Language: English
 .\"
-.TH "NETWORKMANAGER\&.CONF" "5" "" "NetworkManager 1\&.42\&.8" "Configuration"
+.TH "NETWORKMANAGER\&.CONF" "5" "" "NetworkManager 1\&.44\&.0" "Configuration"
 .\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
 .\" * Define some portability stuff
 .\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -280,8 +280,7 @@ that contains the original name servers pushed to the DNS plugin\&.
 When using
 dnsmasq
 and
-systemd\-resolved
-per\-connection added dns servers will always be queried using the device the connection has been activated on\&.
+systemd\-resolved, per\-connection added dns servers will always be queried using the device the connection has been activated on\&.
 .RE
 .PP
 \fIrc\-manager\fR
@@ -341,22 +340,17 @@ symlink\&.
 .PP
 \fIsystemd\-resolved\fR
 .RS 4
-Send the connection DNS configuration to
+Additionally, send the connection DNS configuration to
 systemd\-resolved\&. Defaults to "true"\&.
 .sp
-Note that this setting is complementary to the
-\fIdns\fR
-setting\&. You can keep this enabled while using
+Note that this setting has no effect if the main
 \fIdns\fR
-set to another DNS plugin alongside
-systemd\-resolved, or
+plugin is already
+systemd\-resolved\&. It is complementary to the
 \fIdns\fR
-set to
-systemd\-resolved
-to configure the system resolver to use
-systemd\-resolved\&.
+setting to configure systemd\-resolved alongside the main plugin\&.
 .sp
-If systemd\-resolved is enabled, the connectivity check resolves the hostname per\-device\&.
+If systemd\-resolved is enabled, either via this setting or the main DNS plugin, the connectivity check resolves the hostname per\-device\&.
 .RE
 .PP
 \fIdebug\fR
@@ -412,6 +406,12 @@ The path can also be overriden by pointing to a specific existing and writable d
 .sp
 This mechanism allows editing connection profile settings such as the 802\&.1x configuration using NetworkManager clients\&. Without it such changes have no effect in IWD\&.
 .RE
+.PP
+\fImigrate\-ifcfg\-rh\fR
+.RS 4
+Whether NetworkManager tries to automatically convert any connection profile stored in ifcfg\-rh format to the keyfile format\&. Support for ifcfg\-rh is deprecated and will be eventually removed\&. If enabled, the migration is performed at every startup of the daemon\&. The default value is
+false\&.
+.RE
 .SH "KEYFILE SECTION"
 .PP
 This section contains keyfile\-plugin\-specific options, and is normally only used when you are not using any other distro\-specific plugin\&.
@@ -429,6 +429,11 @@ or other system configuration files according to build options\&.
 The location where keyfiles are read and stored\&. This defaults to "/etc/NetworkManager/system\-connections"\&.
 .RE
 .PP
+\fIrename\fR
+.RS 4
+NetworkManager automatically chooses a filename when storing a new profile to disk\&. That name depends on the profile\*(Aqs name (connection\&.id)\&. When updating a profile\*(Aqs name, the file is not renamed to not break scripts that rely on the filename for the profile\&. By setting this option to "true", NetworkManager renames the keyfile on update of the profile, to follow the profile\*(Aqs name\&. This defaults to "false"\&.
+.RE
+.PP
 \fIunmanaged\-devices\fR
 .RS 4
 Set devices that should be ignored by NetworkManager\&.
@@ -1429,7 +1434,7 @@ This plugin is always active, and will automatically be used to store any connec
 .PP
 \fIifcfg\-rh\fR
 .RS 4
-This plugin is used on the Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux distributions to read and write configuration from the standard
+This plugin is now deprecated; it can be used on the Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux distributions to read and write configuration from the standard
 /etc/sysconfig/network\-scripts/ifcfg\-*
 files\&. It currently supports reading Ethernet, Wi\-Fi, InfiniBand, VLAN, Bond, Bridge, and Team connections\&. Enabling
 ifcfg\-rh