diff --git a/doc/examples/systemd-user/gnupg-create-socketdir.service b/doc/examples/systemd-user/gnupg-create-socketdir.service
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+[Unit]
+Description=Create GnuPG socket directory
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/gpgconf --create-socketdir
+ExecStop=
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=default.target