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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml b/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml
index 15b78ffa10..05be35e0af 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erts_alloc.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<cref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>2002</year><year>2015</year>
+ <year>2002</year><year>2016</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@
<item>Allocator used for ETS data.</item>
<tag><c>driver_alloc</c></tag>
<item>Allocator used for driver data.</item>
+ <tag><c>literal_alloc</c></tag>
+ <item>Allocator used for constant terms in Erlang code.</item>
<tag><c>sl_alloc</c></tag>
<item>Allocator used for memory blocks that are expected to be
short-lived.</item>
@@ -77,7 +79,7 @@
instead of creating new segments. This in order to reduce
the number of system calls made.</item>
</taglist>
- <p><c>sys_alloc</c> is always enabled and
+ <p><c>sys_alloc</c> and <c>literal_alloc</c> are always enabled and
cannot be disabled. <c>mseg_alloc</c> is always enabled if it is
available and an allocator that uses it is enabled. All other
allocators can be <seealso marker="#M_e">enabled or disabled</seealso>.
@@ -246,6 +248,7 @@
the currently present allocators:</p>
<list type="bulleted">
<item><c>B: binary_alloc</c></item>
+ <item><c>I: literal_alloc</c></item>
<item><c>D: std_alloc</c></item>
<item><c>E: ets_alloc</c></item>
<item><c>F: fix_alloc</c></item>
@@ -563,6 +566,16 @@
set to <c>false</c>, <c>sys_alloc</c> carriers will never be
created by allocators using the <c>alloc_util</c> framework.</item>
</taglist>
+ <p>The following flag is special for <c>literal_alloc</c>:</p>
+ <taglist>
+ <tag><marker id="MIscs"/><c><![CDATA[+MIscs <size in MB>]]></c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <c>literal_alloc</c> super carrier size (in MB). The amount of
+ <em>virtual</em> address space reserved for literal terms in
+ Erlang code on 64-bit architectures. The default is 1024 (1GB)
+ and is usually sufficient. The flag is ignored on 32-bit
+ architectures.</item>
+ </taglist>
<p>Instrumentation flags:</p>
<taglist>
<tag><marker id="Mim"/><c>+Mim true|false</c></tag>