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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
index 8dbebe880d..b40aae5d28 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
@@ -3826,6 +3826,12 @@ RealSystem = system + MissedSystem</code>
</item>
<tag><c>{env, <anno>Env</anno>}</c></tag>
<item>
+ <p>
+ Types:<br/>
+ &nbsp;&nbsp;<c><anno>Name</anno> = </c><seealso marker="kernel:os#type-env_var_name"><c>os:env_var_name()</c></seealso><br/>
+ &nbsp;&nbsp;<c><anno>Val</anno> = </c><seealso marker="kernel:os#type-env_var_value"><c>os:env_var_value()</c></seealso><c> | false</c><br/>
+ &nbsp;&nbsp;<c>Env = [{<anno>Name</anno>, <anno>Val</anno>}]</c>
+ </p>
<p>Only valid for <c>{spawn, <anno>Command</anno>}</c>, and
<c>{spawn_executable, <anno>FileName</anno>}</c>.
The environment of the started process is extended using
@@ -3840,7 +3846,13 @@ RealSystem = system + MissedSystem</code>
exception is <c><anno>Val</anno></c> being the atom
<c>false</c> (in analogy with
<seealso marker="kernel:os#getenv/1"><c>os:getenv/1</c></seealso>,
- which removes the environment variable.</p>
+ which removes the environment variable.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ For information about encoding requirements, see documentation
+ of the types for <c><anno>Name</anno></c> and
+ <c><anno>Val</anno></c>.
+ </p>
</item>
<tag><c>{args, [ string() | binary() ]}</c></tag>
<item>