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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml index 1b973cd60e..984072076c 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml @@ -2068,8 +2068,15 @@ end</pre> Typically, this is used when a process started from a certain shell is to have another group leader than <c>init</c>.</p> + <p>The group leader should be rarely changed in + applications with a supervision tree, because OTP + assumes the group leader of their processes is + their application master.</p> <p>See also - <seealso marker="#group_leader/0"><c>group_leader/0</c></seealso>.</p> + <seealso marker="#group_leader/0"><c>group_leader/0</c></seealso> + and <seealso marker="doc/design_principles:applications#stopping">OTP + design principles</seealso> related to starting and stopping + applications.</p> </desc> </func> |