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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
index daf3002ec7..24e0773e41 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
@@ -1444,11 +1444,14 @@ b</pre>
the process to terminate, it has no return value. Example:</p>
<pre>
> <input>catch error(foobar).</input>
-{'EXIT',{foobar,[{erl_eval,do_apply,5},
- {erl_eval,expr,5},
- {shell,exprs,6},
- {shell,eval_exprs,6},
- {shell,eval_loop,3}]}}</pre>
+{'EXIT',{foobar,[{shell,apply_fun,3,
+ [{file,"shell.erl"},{line,906}]},
+ {erl_eval,do_apply,6,[{file,"erl_eval.erl"},{line,677}]},
+ {erl_eval,expr,5,[{file,"erl_eval.erl"},{line,430}]},
+ {shell,exprs,7,[{file,"shell.erl"},{line,687}]},
+ {shell,eval_exprs,7,[{file,"shell.erl"},{line,642}]},
+ {shell,eval_loop,3,[{file,"shell.erl"},{line,627}]}]}}
+</pre>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -1985,39 +1988,26 @@ true</pre>
<fsummary>Get the call stack back-trace of the last exception.</fsummary>
<type name="stack_item"/>
<desc>
- <p>Gets the call stack back-trace (<em>stacktrace</em>) for an
- exception that has just been caught
- in the calling process as a list of
- <c>{<anno>Module</anno>,<anno>Function</anno>,<anno>Arity</anno>,<anno>Location</anno>}</c>
- tuples. Field <c><anno>Arity</anno></c> in the first tuple can be the
- argument list of that function call instead of an arity integer,
- depending on the exception.</p>
- <p>If there has not been any exceptions in a process, the
- stacktrace is <c>[]</c>. After a code change for the process,
- the stacktrace can also be reset to <c>[]</c>.</p>
- <p><c>erlang:get_stacktrace/0</c> is only guaranteed to return
- a stacktrace if called (directly or indirectly) from within the
- scope of a <c>try</c> expression. That is, the following call works:</p>
+ <warning><p><c>erlang:get_stacktrace/0</c> is deprecated and will stop working
+ in a future release.</p></warning>
+ <p>Instead of using <c>erlang:get_stacktrace/0</c> to retrieve
+ the call stack back-trace, use the following syntax:</p>
<pre>
try Expr
catch
- C:R ->
- {C,R,erlang:get_stacktrace()}
+ Class:Reason:Stacktrace ->
+ {Class,Reason,Stacktrace}
end</pre>
- <p>As does this call:</p>
-<pre>
-try Expr
-catch
- C:R ->
- {C,R,helper()}
-end
-
-helper() ->
- erlang:get_stacktrace().</pre>
-
- <warning><p>In a future release,
- <c>erlang:get_stacktrace/0</c> will return <c>[]</c> if called
- from outside a <c>try</c> expression.</p></warning>
+ <p><c>erlang:get_stacktrace/0</c> retrieves the call stack back-trace
+ (<em>stacktrace</em>) for an exception that has just been
+ caught in the calling process as a list of
+ <c>{<anno>Module</anno>,<anno>Function</anno>,<anno>Arity</anno>,<anno>Location</anno>}</c>
+ tuples. Field <c><anno>Arity</anno></c> in the first tuple can
+ be the argument list of that function call instead of an arity
+ integer, depending on the exception.</p>
+ <p>If there has not been any exceptions in a process, the
+ stacktrace is <c>[]</c>. After a code change for the process,
+ the stacktrace can also be reset to <c>[]</c>.</p>
<p>The stacktrace is the same data as operator <c>catch</c>
returns, for example:</p>
<pre>
@@ -8976,7 +8966,7 @@ ok
<c>erlang:now()</c>. This is also the default if no
time stamp flag is specified. If <c>cpu_timestamp</c> has
been enabled through
- <seealso marker="erlang:trace/3"><c>erlang:trace/3</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="#trace/3"><c>erlang:trace/3</c></seealso>,
this also effects the time stamp produced in profiling messages
when flag <c>timestamp</c> is enabled.</p>
</item>