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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
index 0aea73cd87..c3e2ed61e9 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
@@ -4870,6 +4870,12 @@ os_prompt% </pre>
<seealso marker="kernel:code">code(3)</seealso>)
and is not to be used elsewhere.</p>
</warning>
+ <note>
+ <p>As from <c>ERTS</c> 8.0 (OTP 19), any lingering processes
+ that still execute the old code will be killed by this function.
+ In earlier versions, such incorrect use could cause much
+ more fatal failures, like emulator crash.</p>
+ </note>
<p>Failure: <c>badarg</c> if there is no old code for
<c><anno>Module</anno></c>.</p>
</desc>