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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
index fde04504c8..423ccdf98f 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
@@ -8958,7 +8958,11 @@ timestamp() ->
<name name="trace_delivered" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Notification when trace has been delivered.</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>The delivery of trace messages is dislocated on the time-line
+ <p>The delivery of trace messages (generated by
+ <seealso marker="#trace/3"><c>erlang:trace/3</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="kernel:seq_trace"><c>seq_trace</c></seealso> or
+ <seealso marker="#system_profile/2"><c>erlang:system_profile/2</c></seealso>)
+ is dislocated on the time-line
compared to other events in the system. If you know that
<c><anno>Tracee</anno></c> has passed some specific point
in its execution,
@@ -8984,8 +8988,11 @@ timestamp() ->
or previously existing on the same node as the caller of
<c>erlang:trace_delivered(<anno>Tracee</anno>)</c> resides on.
The special <c><anno>Tracee</anno></c> atom <c>all</c>
- denotes all processes
- that currently are traced in the node.</p>
+ denotes all processes that currently are traced in the node.</p>
+ <p>When used together with an <seealso marker="#erl_tracer">
+ Tracer Module</seealso> any message sent in the trace callback
+ is guaranteed to have reached it's recipient before the
+ <c>trace_delivered</c> message is sent.</p>
<p>Example: Process <c>A</c> is <c><anno>Tracee</anno></c>,
port <c>B</c> is tracer, and process <c>C</c> is the port
owner of <c>B</c>. <c>C</c> wants to close <c>B</c> when