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diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml
index 29d22ffae5..d1ec176f81 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml
@@ -1494,19 +1494,17 @@ is_integer(X), is_integer(Y), X + Y < 4711]]></code>
<name name="select_replace" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Match and replace objects atomically in an ETS table</fsummary>
<desc>
- <warning>
- <p>For the moment, due to performance and semantic constraints,
- tables of type <c>bag</c> are not yet supported.</p>
- </warning>
<p>Matches the objects in the table <c><anno>Tab</anno></c> using a
- <seealso marker="#match_spec">match specification</seealso>. If the
+ <seealso marker="#match_spec">match specification</seealso>. If
an object is matched, the existing object is replaced with
- the match specificatoin result.</p>
+ the match specification result, which <em>must</em> retain
+ the original key or the operation will fail with <c>badarg</c>.</p>
+ <p>For the moment, due to performance and semantic constraints,
+ tables of type <c>bag</c> are not yet supported.</p>
<p>The function returns the total number of replaced objects.</p>
<note>
- <p>If there's a risk a match specification might return
- a tuple with a different key, the whole operation will fail
- with <c>badarg</c>.</p>
+ <p>The match/replacement operation atomicity scope is limited
+ to each individual object.</p>
</note>
</desc>
</func>