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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml
index 81b6eed24a..7a8325c200 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml
@@ -524,6 +524,18 @@ typedef struct {
<p>Note that <c>ErlNifBinary</c> is a semi-opaque type and you are
only allowed to read fields <c>size</c> and <c>data</c>.</p>
</item>
+
+ <tag><marker id="ErlNifBinaryToTerm"/>ErlNifBinaryToTerm</tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>An enumeration of the options that can be given to
+ <seealso marker="#enif_binary_to_term">enif_binary_to_term</seealso>.
+ For default behavior, use the value <c>0</c>.</p>
+ <taglist>
+ <tag><c>ERL_NIF_BIN2TERM_SAFE</c></tag>
+ <item><p>Use this option when receiving data from untrusted sources.</p></item>
+ </taglist>
+ </item>
+
<tag><marker id="ErlNifPid"/>ErlNifPid</tag>
<item>
<p><c>ErlNifPid</c> is a process identifier (pid). In contrast to
@@ -655,16 +667,23 @@ typedef enum {
have been allocated with <seealso marker="#enif_alloc_env">enif_alloc_env</seealso>.
</p></desc>
</func>
- <func><name><ret>int</ret><nametext>enif_binary_to_term(ErlNifEnv *env, ErlNifBinary *bin, ERL_NIF_TERM *term)</nametext></name>
- <fsummary>Convert a term from the external format</fsummary>
+ <func><name><ret>size_t</ret><nametext>enif_binary_to_term(ErlNifEnv *env, const unsigned char* data, size_t size, ERL_NIF_TERM *term, ErlNifBinaryToTerm opts)</nametext></name>
+ <fsummary>Create a term from the external format</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Returns a term that is the result of decoding <c>bin</c>
- according to the Erlang external term format.</p>
- <p>See also:</p>
- <list>
- <item><seealso marker="erlang#binary_to_term-1"><c>erlang:binary_to_term/1</c></seealso></item>
- <item><seealso marker="#enif_term_to_binary"><c>enif_term_to_binary</c></seealso></item>
- </list>
+ <p>Create a term that is the result of decoding the binary data
+ at <c>data</c>, which must be encoded according to the Erlang external term format.
+ No more than <c>size</c> bytes are read from <c>data</c>. Argument <c>opts</c>
+ correspond to the second argument to <seealso marker="erlang#binary_to_term-2">
+ <c>erlang:binary_to_term/2</c></seealso>, and must be either <c>0</c> or
+ <c>ERL_NIF_BIN2TERM_SAFE</c>.</p>
+ <p>On success, store the resulting term at <c>*term</c> and return
+ the actual number of bytes read. Return zero if decoding fails or if <c>opts</c>
+ is invalid.</p>
+ <p>See also:
+ <seealso marker="#ErlNifBinaryToTerm"><c>ErlNifBinaryToTerm</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="erlang#binary_to_term-2"><c>erlang:binary_to_term/2</c></seealso> and
+ <seealso marker="#enif_term_to_binary"><c>enif_term_to_binary</c></seealso>.
+ </p>
</desc>
</func>
<func><name><ret>int</ret><nametext>enif_compare(ERL_NIF_TERM lhs, ERL_NIF_TERM rhs)</nametext></name>