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diff --git a/lib/compiler/doc/src/compile.xml b/lib/compiler/doc/src/compile.xml
index db701409db..9ac16af814 100644
--- a/lib/compiler/doc/src/compile.xml
+++ b/lib/compiler/doc/src/compile.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1996</year><year>2014</year>
+ <year>1996</year><year>2017</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -40,6 +40,19 @@
<funcs>
<func>
+ <name>env_compiler_options()</name>
+ <fsummary>
+ Compiler options defined via the environment variable
+ <c>ERL_COMPILER_OPTIONS</c>
+ </fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Return compiler options given via the environment variable
+ <c>ERL_COMPILER_OPTIONS</c>. If the value is a list, it is
+ returned as is. If it is not a list, it is put into a list.
+ </p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+ <func>
<name>file(File)</name>
<fsummary>Compiles a file.</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -123,7 +136,7 @@
(see
<seealso marker="erts:absform">The Abstract Format</seealso>
in ERTS User's Guide) in the compiled beam module. Tools
- such as <c>Debugger</c>, <c>Xref</c>, and <c>Cover</c> require
+ such as Debugger, Xref, and Cover require
the debug information to be included.</p>
<p><em>Warning</em>: Source code can be reconstructed from
@@ -531,7 +544,7 @@ module.beam: module.erl \
compiler to be deprecated. Notice that the compiler does not know
about attribute <c>-deprecated()</c>, but uses an
assembled list of deprecated functions in Erlang/OTP. To
- do a more general check, the <c>Xref</c> tool can be used.
+ do a more general check, the Xref tool can be used.
See also
<seealso marker="tools:xref#deprecated_function">xref(3)</seealso>
and the function
@@ -656,7 +669,7 @@ module.beam: module.erl \
<fsummary>Compiles a list of forms.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Is the same as
- <c>forms(File, [verbose,report_errors,report_warnings])</c>.
+ <c>forms(Forms, [verbose,report_errors,report_warnings])</c>.
</p>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -768,6 +781,9 @@ module.beam: module.erl \
if you do not want the environment variable to be consulted,
for example, if you are calling the compiler recursively from
inside a parse transform.</p>
+
+ <p>The list can be retrieved with
+ <seealso marker="#env_compiler_options/0">env_compiler_options/0</seealso>.</p>
</section>
<section>
@@ -830,7 +846,7 @@ pi() -> 3.1416.
<section>
<title>Inlining of List Functions</title>
<p>The compiler can also inline various list manipulation functions
- from the module <c>list</c> in <c>STDLIB</c>.</p>
+ from the module <c>list</c> in STDLIB.</p>
<p>This feature must be explicitly enabled with a compiler option or a
<c>-compile()</c> attribute in the source module.</p>