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</literallayout>
<para>
-Additional environment variables, aliases and so forth that are
+The PS1 variable is an environment variable that controls the appearance of
+the command prompt. See the bash man page for details how this variable
+is constructed. Additional environment variables, aliases and so forth that are
needed and/or wanted can be added at your own discretion.
</para>