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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
index 0963904b83..2da456d49f 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
@@ -3225,10 +3225,11 @@ os_prompt% </pre>
the owning process using signals of the form
<c>{'EXIT', Port, PosixCode}</c>. See <c>file(3)</c> for
possible values of <c>PosixCode</c>.</p>
- <p><marker id="ERL_MAX_PORTS"></marker>
- The maximum number of ports that can be open at the same
- time is 1024 by default, but can be configured by
- the environment variable <c>ERL_MAX_PORTS</c>.</p>
+ <p>The maximum number of ports that can be open at the same
+ time can be configured by passing the
+ <seealso marker="erl#max_ports"><c>+Q</c></seealso>
+ command line flag to
+ <seealso marker="erl"><c>erl(1)</c></seealso>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
@@ -5955,17 +5956,33 @@ ok
</item>
<tag><c>process_count</c></tag>
<item>
+ <p>Returns the number of ports currently existing at
+ the local node as an integer. The same value as
+ <c>length(erlang:ports())</c> returns.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><marker id="system_info_port_limit"><c>port_limit</c></marker></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Returns the maximum number of simultaneously existing
+ ports at the local node as an integer. This limit
+ can be configured at startup by using the
+ <seealso marker="erl#max_ports"><c>+Q</c></seealso>
+ command line flag of
+ <seealso marker="erl"><c>erl(1)</c></seealso>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>process_count</c></tag>
+ <item>
<p>Returns the number of processes currently existing at
the local node as an integer. The same value as
<c>length(processes())</c> returns.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c>process_limit</c></tag>
+ <tag><marker id="system_info_process_limit"><c>process_limit</c></marker></tag>
<item>
- <p>Returns the maximum number of concurrently existing
+ <p>Returns the maximum number of simultaneously existing
processes at the local node as an integer. This limit
- can be configured at startup by using the command line
- flag <c>+P</c>, see
- <seealso marker="erts:erl#max_processes">erl(1)</seealso>.</p>
+ can be configured at startup by using the
+ <seealso marker="erl#max_processes"><c>+P</c></seealso>
+ command line flag of
+ <seealso marker="erl"><c>erl(1)</c></seealso>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c>procs</c></tag>
<item>