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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
index d09f286e36..315dc323ba 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
@@ -277,7 +277,9 @@
the binary contains Unicode characters greater than 16#FF.
In a future release, such Unicode characters might be allowed
and <c>binary_to_atom(<anno>Binary</anno>, utf8)</c>
- will not fail in that case.</p></note>
+ will not fail in that case. For more information on Unicode support in atoms
+ see <seealso marker="erl_ext_dist#utf8_atoms">note on UTF-8 encoded atoms</seealso>
+ in the chapter about the external term format in the ERTS User's Guide.</p></note>
<pre>
> <input>binary_to_atom(&lt;&lt;"Erlang"&gt;&gt;, latin1).</input>
@@ -1712,9 +1714,11 @@ os_prompt% </pre>
<desc>
<p>Returns the atom whose text representation is <c><anno>String</anno></c>.</p>
<p><c><anno>String</anno></c> may only contain ISO-latin-1
- characterns (i.e. numbers below 256) as the current
+ characters (i.e. numbers below 256) as the current
implementation does not allow unicode characters >= 256 in
- atoms.</p>
+ atoms. For more information on Unicode support in atoms
+ see <seealso marker="erl_ext_dist#utf8_atoms">note on UTF-8 encoded atoms</seealso>
+ in the chapter about the external term format in the ERTS User's Guide.</p>
<pre>
> <input>list_to_atom("Erlang").</input>
'Erlang'</pre>