diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ff0ec5b..d5ea62a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -56,14 +56,14 @@ This crate allows clients to "bring their own credential store" by providing tra
 
 This crate provides built-in implementations of the following platform-specific credential stores:
 
-* _Linux_: The DBus-based Secret Service and the kernel keyutils.
+* _Linux_: The DBus-based Secret Service, the kernel keyutils, and a combo of the two.
 * _FreeBSD_, _OpenBSD_: The DBus-based Secret Service.
 * _macOS_, _iOS_: The local keychain.
 * _Windows_: The Windows Credential Manager.
 
 To enable the stores you want, you use features: there is one feature for each possibly-included credential store. If you specify a feature (e.g., `dbus-secret-service`) _and_ your target platform (e.g., `freebsd`) supports that credential store, it will be included as the default credential store in that build. That way you can have a build command that specifies a single credential store for each of your target platforms, and use that same build command for all targets.
 
-If you don't enable any credential stores that are supported on a given platform, or you enable multiple credential stores for some platform, the _mock_ keystore will be the default on that platform. See the [developer docs](https://docs.rs/keyring/) for details of which features control the inclusion of which credential stores (and which platforms each credential store targets).
+If you don't enable any credential stores that are supported on a given platform, the _mock_ keystore will be the default on that platform. See the [developer docs](https://docs.rs/keyring/) for details of which features control the inclusion of which credential stores.
 
 ### Platform-specific issues
 
diff --git a/build-xplat-docs.sh b/build-xplat-docs.sh
index 77d6c90..56b855b 100644
--- a/build-xplat-docs.sh
+++ b/build-xplat-docs.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-cargo doc --no-deps --features=linux-native --target aarch64-unknown-linux-musl $OPEN_DOCS
-cargo doc --no-deps --features=windows-native --target aarch64-pc-windows-msvc $OPEN_DOCS
-cargo doc --no-deps --features=apple-native --target aarch64-apple-darwin $OPEN_DOCS
-cargo doc --no-deps --features=apple-native --target aarch64-apple-ios $OPEN_DOCS
+if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "linux"* ]]; then
+  cargo doc --no-deps --features=linux-native-sync-persistent $OPEN_DOCS
+  cargo doc --no-deps --features=sync-secret-service $OPEN_DOCS
+  cargo doc --no-deps --features=linux-native $OPEN_DOCS
+elif [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
+  cargo doc --no-deps --features=linux-native --target aarch64-unknown-linux-musl $OPEN_DOCS
+  cargo doc --no-deps --features=windows-native --target aarch64-pc-windows-msvc $OPEN_DOCS
+  cargo doc --no-deps --features=apple-native --target aarch64-apple-darwin $OPEN_DOCS
+  cargo doc --no-deps --features=apple-native --target aarch64-apple-ios $OPEN_DOCS
+fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/keyutils_persistent.rs b/src/keyutils_persistent.rs
index c2fcd66..d9ff4d9 100644
--- a/src/keyutils_persistent.rs
+++ b/src/keyutils_persistent.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,33 @@
 /*!
 
-# keyutils-persistent credential store
-
-This store is a combination of the [keyutils](crate::keyutils) store
-backed up with a persistent [secret-service](crate::secret_service)
-store.
-
+# Linux (keyutils) store with Secret Service backing
+
+This store, contributed by [@soywod](https://github.com/soywod),
+uses the [keyutils module](crate::keyutils) as a cache
+available to headless processes, while using the
+[secret-service module](crate::secret_service)
+to provide credential storage beyond reboot.
+The expected usage pattern
+for this module is as follows:
+
+- Processes that run on headless systems are built with `keyutils` support via the
+  `linux-native` feature of this crate. After each reboot, these processes
+  are either launched after the keyutils cache has been reloaded from the secret service,
+  or (if launched immediately) they wait until the keyutils cache has been reloaded.
+- A headed "configuration" process is built with this module that allows its user
+  to configure the credentials needed by the headless processes. After each reboot,
+  this process unlocks the secret service (see both the keyutils and secret-service
+  module for information about how this can be done headlessly, if desired) and then
+  accesses each of the configured credentials (which loads them into keyutils). At
+  that point the headless clients can be started (or become active, if already started).
+
+This store works by creating a keyutils entry and a secret-service entry for
+each of its entries. Because keyutils entries don't have attributes, entries
+in this store don't expose attributes either. Because keyutils entries can't
+store empty passwords/secrets, this store's entries can't either.
+
+See the documentation for the `keyutils` and `secret-service` modules if you
+want details about how the underlying storage is handled.
  */
 
 use log::debug;
@@ -15,7 +37,7 @@ use super::credential::{
 };
 use super::error::{Error, Result};
 use super::keyutils::KeyutilsCredential;
-use super::secret_service::SsCredential;
+use super::secret_service::{SsCredential, SsCredentialBuilder};
 
 /// Representation of a keyutils-persistent credential.
 ///
@@ -36,13 +58,14 @@ impl CredentialApi for KeyutilsPersistentCredential {
     /// Set a secret in the underlying store
     ///
     /// It sets first the secret in keyutils, then in
-    /// secret-service. If the late one fails, keyutils secret change
+    /// secret-service. If the latter set fails, the former
     /// is reverted.
     fn set_secret(&self, secret: &[u8]) -> Result<()> {
         let prev_secret = self.keyutils.get_secret();
         self.keyutils.set_secret(secret)?;
 
         if let Err(err) = self.ss.set_secret(secret) {
+            debug!("Failed set of secret-service: {err}; reverting keyutils");
             match prev_secret {
                 Ok(ref secret) => self.keyutils.set_secret(secret),
                 Err(Error::NoEntry) => self.keyutils.delete_credential(),
@@ -66,11 +89,11 @@ impl CredentialApi for KeyutilsPersistentCredential {
                 return Ok(password);
             }
             Err(err) => {
-                debug!("cannot get password from keyutils: {err}, trying from secret service")
+                debug!("Failed get from keyutils: {err}; trying secret service")
             }
         }
 
-        let password = self.ss.get_password().map_err(ambigous_to_no_entry)?;
+        let password = self.ss.get_password().map_err(ambiguous_to_no_entry)?;
         self.keyutils.set_password(&password)?;
 
         Ok(password)
@@ -87,11 +110,11 @@ impl CredentialApi for KeyutilsPersistentCredential {
                 return Ok(secret);
             }
             Err(err) => {
-                debug!("cannot get secret from keyutils: {err}, trying from secret service")
+                debug!("Failed get from keyutils: {err}; trying secret service")
             }
         }
 
-        let secret = self.ss.get_secret().map_err(ambigous_to_no_entry)?;
+        let secret = self.ss.get_secret().map_err(ambiguous_to_no_entry)?;
         self.keyutils.set_secret(&secret)?;
 
         Ok(secret)
@@ -121,9 +144,8 @@ impl CredentialApi for KeyutilsPersistentCredential {
 impl KeyutilsPersistentCredential {
     /// Create the platform credential for a Keyutils entry.
     ///
-    /// An explicit target string is interpreted as the KeyRing to use for the entry.
-    /// If none is provided, then we concatenate the user and service in the string
-    /// `keyring-rs:user@service`.
+    /// This just passes the arguments to the underlying two stores
+    /// and wraps their results with an entry that holds both.
     pub fn new_with_target(target: Option<&str>, service: &str, user: &str) -> Result<Self> {
         let ss = SsCredential::new_with_target(target, service, user)?;
         let keyutils = KeyutilsCredential::new_with_target(target, service, user)?;
@@ -144,7 +166,7 @@ pub fn default_credential_builder() -> Box<CredentialBuilder> {
 }
 
 impl CredentialBuilderApi for KeyutilsPersistentCredentialBuilder {
-    /// Build an [KeyutilsPersistentCredential] for the given target, service, and user.
+    /// Build a [KeyutilsPersistentCredential] for the given target, service, and user.
     fn build(&self, target: Option<&str>, service: &str, user: &str) -> Result<Box<Credential>> {
         Ok(Box::new(SsCredential::new_with_target(
             target, service, user,
@@ -152,19 +174,21 @@ impl CredentialBuilderApi for KeyutilsPersistentCredentialBuilder {
     }
 
     /// Return the underlying builder object with an `Any` type so that it can
-    /// be downgraded to an [KeyutilsPersistentCredentialBuilder] for platform-specific processing.
+    /// be downgraded to a [KeyutilsPersistentCredentialBuilder] for platform-specific processing.
     fn as_any(&self) -> &dyn std::any::Any {
         self
     }
 
-    /// This keystore keeps credentials thanks to the inner secret-service store.
+    /// Return the persistence of this store.
+    ///
+    /// This store's persistence derives from that of the secret service.
     fn persistence(&self) -> CredentialPersistence {
-        CredentialPersistence::UntilDelete
+        SsCredentialBuilder {}.persistence()
     }
 }
 
 /// Replace any Ambiguous error with a NoEntry one
-fn ambigous_to_no_entry(err: Error) -> Error {
+fn ambiguous_to_no_entry(err: Error) -> Error {
     if let Error::Ambiguous(_) = err {
         return Error::NoEntry;
     };
@@ -174,18 +198,9 @@ fn ambigous_to_no_entry(err: Error) -> Error {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use crate::credential::CredentialPersistence;
     use crate::{Entry, Error};
 
-    use super::{default_credential_builder, KeyutilsPersistentCredential};
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_persistence() {
-        assert!(matches!(
-            default_credential_builder().persistence(),
-            CredentialPersistence::UntilDelete
-        ))
-    }
+    use super::KeyutilsPersistentCredential;
 
     fn entry_new(service: &str, user: &str) -> Entry {
         crate::tests::entry_from_constructor(
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 439e11b..5ad2db0 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ example, the macOS Keychain credential store is only included if the `"apple-nat
 feature is specified (and the crate is built with a macOS target).
 
 If no specified credential store features apply to a given platform,
-or multiple credential store features apply to a given platform,
 this crate will use the (platform-independent) _mock_ credential store (see below)
 on that platform. There are no
 default features in this crate: you must specify explicitly which platform-specific
@@ -78,6 +77,18 @@ Here are the available credential store features:
 
 - `linux-native`: Provides access to the `keyutils` storage on Linux.
 
+- `linux-native-sync-persistent`: Uses both `keyutils` and `sync-secret-service`
+  (see below) for storage. See the docs for the `keyutils_persistent`
+  module for a full explanation of why both are used. Because this
+  store uses the `sync-secret-service`, you can use additional features related
+  to that store (described below).
+
+- `linux-native-async-persistent`: Uses both `keyutils` and `async-secret-service`
+  (see below) for storage. See the docs for the `keyutils_persistent`
+  module for a full explanation of why both are used.
+  Because this store uses the `async-secret-service`, you
+  must specify the additional features required by that store (described below).
+
 - `sync-secret-service`: Provides access to the DBus-based
   [Secret Service](https://specifications.freedesktop.org/secret-service/latest/)
   storage on Linux, FreeBSD, and OpenBSD.  This is a _synchronous_ keystore that provides
@@ -99,17 +110,13 @@ Here are the available credential store features:
   installed on the user's machine, specify the `vendored` feature
   to statically link them with the built crate.
 
-You cannot specify both the `sync-secret-service` and `async-secret-service` features;
-this will produce a compile error. You must pick one or the other if you want to use
-the secret service for credential storage.
-
 The Linux platform is the only one for which this crate supplies multiple keystores:
-secret-service and keyutils. The secret-service is the more widely used store, because
-it provides persistence of credentials beyond reboot (which keyutils does not). However,
-because secret-service relies on system UI for unlocking credentials, it often isn't
-available on headless Linux installations, so keyutils is provided for those situations.
-If you enable both the secret-service store and the keyutils store, the secret-service
-store will be used as the default.
+native (keyutils), sync or async secret service, and sync or async "combo" (both
+keyutils and secret service). You cannot specify use of both sync and async
+keystores; this will lead to a compile error.  If you enable a combo keystore on Linux,
+that will be the default keystore. If you don't enable a
+combo keystore on Linux, but you do enable both the native and secret service keystores,
+the secret service will be the default.
 
 ## Client-provided Credential Stores