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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
index a17a1d0ead..5d8a96a910 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ iolist() = [char() | binary() | iolist()]
<name>erlang:cancel_timer(TimerRef) -> Time | false</name>
<fsummary>Cancel a timer</fsummary>
<type>
- <v>TimerRef = ref()</v>
+ <v>TimerRef = reference()</v>
<v>Time = int()</v>
</type>
<desc>
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ false</pre>
<name>erlang:demonitor(MonitorRef) -> true</name>
<fsummary>Stop monitoring</fsummary>
<type>
- <v>MonitorRef = ref()</v>
+ <v>MonitorRef = reference()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>If <c>MonitorRef</c> is a reference which the calling process
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ false</pre>
<name>erlang:demonitor(MonitorRef, OptionList) -> true|false</name>
<fsummary>Stop monitoring</fsummary>
<type>
- <v>MonitorRef = ref()</v>
+ <v>MonitorRef = reference()</v>
<v>OptionList = [Option]</v>
<v>Option = flush</v>
<v>Option = info</v>
@@ -2160,7 +2160,7 @@ os_prompt%</pre>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>make_ref() -> ref()</name>
+ <name>make_ref() -> reference()</name>
<fsummary>Return an almost unique reference</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns an almost unique reference.</p>
@@ -2690,7 +2690,7 @@ os_prompt%</pre>
<name>node(Arg) -> Node</name>
<fsummary>At which node is a pid, port or reference located</fsummary>
<type>
- <v>Arg = pid() | port() | ref()</v>
+ <v>Arg = pid() | port() | reference()</v>
<v>Node = node()</v>
</type>
<desc>
@@ -4098,7 +4098,7 @@ os_prompt%</pre>
<name>erlang:read_timer(TimerRef) -> int() | false</name>
<fsummary>Number of milliseconds remaining for a timer</fsummary>
<type>
- <v>TimerRef = ref()</v>
+ <v>TimerRef = reference()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p><c>TimerRef</c> is a timer reference returned by
@@ -4121,7 +4121,7 @@ os_prompt%</pre>
<name>erlang:ref_to_list(Ref) -> string()</name>
<fsummary>Text representation of a reference</fsummary>
<type>
- <v>Ref = ref()</v>
+ <v>Ref = reference()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Returns a string which corresponds to the text
@@ -4300,7 +4300,7 @@ true</pre>
<v>Dest = pid() | RegName </v>
<v>&nbsp;LocalPid = pid() (of a process, alive or dead, on the local node)</v>
<v>Msg = term()</v>
- <v>TimerRef = ref()</v>
+ <v>TimerRef = reference()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Starts a timer which will send the message <c>Msg</c>
@@ -4829,7 +4829,7 @@ true</pre>
<v>&nbsp;LocalPid = pid() (of a process, alive or dead, on the local node)</v>
<v>&nbsp;RegName = atom()</v>
<v>Msg = term()</v>
- <v>TimerRef = ref()</v>
+ <v>TimerRef = reference()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Starts a timer which will send the message
@@ -5364,7 +5364,7 @@ true</pre>
<p>Returns <c>{Allocator, Version, Features, Settings}.</c></p>
<p>Types:</p>
<list type="bulleted">
- <item><c>Allocator = undefined | elib_malloc | glibc</c></item>
+ <item><c>Allocator = undefined | glibc</c></item>
<item><c>Version = [int()]</c></item>
<item><c>Features = [atom()]</c></item>
<item><c>Settings = [{Subsystem, [{Parameter, Value}]}]</c></item>
@@ -5379,7 +5379,7 @@ true</pre>
implementation used. If <c>Allocator</c> equals
<c>undefined</c>, the <c>malloc()</c> implementation
used could not be identified. Currently
- <c>elib_malloc</c> and <c>glibc</c> can be identified.</p>
+ <c>glibc</c> can be identified.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p><c>Version</c> is a list of integers (but not a
@@ -5608,52 +5608,9 @@ true</pre>
</item>
<tag><c>elib_malloc</c></tag>
<item>
- <p>If the emulator uses the <c>elib_malloc</c> memory
- allocator, a list of two-element tuples containing status
- information is returned; otherwise, <c>false</c> is
- returned. The list currently contains the following
- two-element tuples (all sizes are presented in bytes):</p>
- <taglist>
- <tag><c>{heap_size, Size}</c></tag>
- <item>
- <p>Where <c>Size</c> is the current heap size.</p>
- </item>
- <tag><c>{max_alloced_size, Size}</c></tag>
- <item>
- <p>Where <c>Size</c> is the maximum amount of memory
- allocated on the heap since the emulator started.</p>
- </item>
- <tag><c>{alloced_size, Size}</c></tag>
- <item>
- <p>Where <c>Size</c> is the current amount of memory
- allocated on the heap.</p>
- </item>
- <tag><c>{free_size, Size}</c></tag>
- <item>
- <p>Where <c>Size</c> is the current amount of free
- memory on the heap.</p>
- </item>
- <tag><c>{no_alloced_blocks, No}</c></tag>
- <item>
- <p>Where <c>No</c> is the current number of allocated
- blocks on the heap.</p>
- </item>
- <tag><c>{no_free_blocks, No}</c></tag>
- <item>
- <p>Where <c>No</c> is the current number of free blocks
- on the heap.</p>
- </item>
- <tag><c>{smallest_alloced_block, Size}</c></tag>
- <item>
- <p>Where <c>Size</c> is the size of the smallest
- allocated block on the heap.</p>
- </item>
- <tag><c>{largest_free_block, Size}</c></tag>
- <item>
- <p>Where <c>Size</c> is the size of the largest free
- block on the heap.</p>
- </item>
- </taglist>
+ <p>This option will be removed in a future release.
+ The return value will always be <c>false</c> since
+ the elib_malloc allocator has been removed.</p>
</item>
<tag><c>fullsweep_after</c></tag>
<item>