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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/init.xml b/erts/doc/src/init.xml
index b0d0cda4fa..d5c43f6e57 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/init.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/init.xml
@@ -47,15 +47,12 @@
</description>
<funcs>
<func>
- <name>boot(BootArgs) -> void()</name>
+ <name name="boot" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Start the Erlang runtime system</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>BootArgs = [binary()]</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Starts the Erlang runtime system. This function is called
when the emulator is started and coordinates system start-up.</p>
- <p><c>BootArgs</c> are all command line arguments except
+ <p><c><anno>BootArgs</anno></c> are all command line arguments except
the emulator flags, that is, flags and plain arguments. See
<seealso marker="erts:erl">erl(1)</seealso>.</p>
<p><c>init</c> itself interprets some of the flags, see
@@ -67,17 +64,12 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>get_argument(Flag) -> {ok, Arg} | error</name>
+ <name name="get_argument" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Get the values associated with a command line user flag</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Flag = atom()</v>
- <v>Arg = [Values]</v>
- <v>&nbsp;Values = [string()]</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Returns all values associated with the command line user flag
- <c>Flag</c>. If <c>Flag</c> is provided several times, each
- <c>Values</c> is returned in preserved order.</p>
+ <c><anno>Flag</anno></c>. If <c><anno>Flag</anno></c> is provided several times, each
+ <c><anno>Values</anno></c> is returned in preserved order.</p>
<pre>
% <input>erl -a b c -a d</input>
...
@@ -113,48 +105,37 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>get_arguments() -> Flags</name>
+ <name name="get_arguments" arity="0"/>
<fsummary>Get all command line user flags</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Flags = [{Flag, Values}]</v>
- <v>&nbsp;Flag = atom()</v>
- <v>&nbsp;Values = [string()]</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Returns all command line flags, as well as the system
defined flags, see <c>get_argument/1</c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>get_plain_arguments() -> [Arg]</name>
+ <name name="get_plain_arguments" arity="0"/>
<fsummary>Get all non-flag command line arguments</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Arg = string()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Returns any plain command line arguments as a list of strings
(possibly empty).</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>get_status() -> {InternalStatus, ProvidedStatus}</name>
+ <name name="get_status" arity="0"/>
<fsummary>Get system status information</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>InternalStatus = starting | started | stopping</v>
- <v>ProvidedStatus = term()</v>
- </type>
+ <type name="internal_status"/>
<desc>
<p>The current status of the <c>init</c> process can be
inspected. During system startup (initialization),
- <c>InternalStatus</c> is <c>starting</c>, and
- <c>ProvidedStatus</c> indicates how far the boot script has
+ <c><anno>InternalStatus</anno></c> is <c>starting</c>, and
+ <c><anno>ProvidedStatus</anno></c> indicates how far the boot script has
been interpreted. Each <c>{progress, Info}</c> term
- interpreted in the boot script affects <c>ProvidedStatus</c>,
- that is, <c>ProvidedStatus</c> gets the value of <c>Info</c>.</p>
+ interpreted in the boot script affects <c><anno>ProvidedStatus</anno></c>,
+ that is, <c><anno>ProvidedStatus</anno></c> gets the value of <c>Info</c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>reboot() -> void()</name>
+ <name name="reboot" arity="0"/>
<fsummary>Take down and restart an Erlang node smoothly</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>All applications are taken down smoothly, all code is
@@ -168,7 +149,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>restart() -> void()</name>
+ <name name="restart" arity="0"/>
<fsummary>Restart the running Erlang node</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>The system is restarted <em>inside</em> the running Erlang
@@ -183,20 +164,17 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>script_id() -> Id</name>
+ <name name="script_id" arity="0"/>
<fsummary>Get the identity of the used boot script</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Id = term()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Get the identity of the boot script used to boot the system.
- <c>Id</c> can be any Erlang term. In the delivered boot
- scripts, <c>Id</c> is <c>{Name, Vsn}</c>. <c>Name</c> and
+ <c><anno>Id</anno></c> can be any Erlang term. In the delivered boot
+ scripts, <c><anno>Id</anno></c> is <c>{Name, Vsn}</c>. <c>Name</c> and
<c>Vsn</c> are strings.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>stop() -> void()</name>
+ <name name="stop" arity="0"/>
<fsummary>Take down an Erlang node smoothly</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>All applications are taken down smoothly, all code is
@@ -210,15 +188,12 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>stop(Status) -> void()</name>
+ <name name="stop" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Take down an Erlang node smoothly</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Status = int()>=0 | string()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>All applications are taken down smoothly, all code is
unloaded, and all ports are closed before the system
- terminates by calling <c>halt(Status)</c>. If the
+ terminates by calling <c>halt(<anno>Status</anno>)</c>. If the
<c>-heart</c> command line flag was given, the <c>heart</c>
program is terminated before the Erlang node
terminates. Refer to <c>heart(3)</c> for more