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diff --git a/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_make.xml b/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_make.xml
index c8c0f2fbc7..68780b1e05 100644
--- a/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_make.xml
+++ b/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_make.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?>
<!DOCTYPE erlref SYSTEM "erlref.dtd" [
+ <!ENTITY compile_forms2
+ '<seealso marker="compiler:compile#forms-2">compile:forms/2</seealso>'>
<!ENTITY filename
'<seealso marker="kernel:file#type-name">file:name()</seealso>'>
<!ENTITY dictionary
@@ -80,28 +82,27 @@ written to file or returned, and can have the following types.</p>
<taglist>
-<tag><c>parse | forms | erl | hrl | beam</c></tag>
+<tag><c>parse | forms | erl | hrl</c></tag>
<item>
<p>
Specifies an output format.
Whether the output is returned or written to file depends on whether
or not option <c>return</c> is specified.
When written to file, the resulting file(s) will have extensions
-<c>.D</c>, <c>.F</c>, <c>.erl</c>, <c>.hrl</c> and <c>.beam</c>
+<c>.D</c>, <c>.F</c>, <c>.erl</c>, and <c>.hrl</c>
respectively, basenames defaulting to <c>dictionary</c> if the input
dictionary is literal and does not specify <c>&dict_name;</c>.
-When returned, results are returned in the <c>Out</c> list in the
-order specified.
+When returned, results are in the order of the corresponding format
+options.
Format options default to <c>erl</c> and <c>hrl</c> (in this order) if
unspecified.</p>
<p>
-The <c>parsed</c> format is an internal representation that can be
-passed to &format; and &flatten;, while the <c>forms</c> format is
-only intended for debugging purposes.
-Output for the <c>erl</c> and <c>hrl</c> formats are returned as
-iolists, while the <c>beam</c> format returns a <c>{module(),
-binary()}</c> tuple.</p>
+The <c>parse</c> format is an internal representation that can be
+passed to &flatten; and &format;, while the <c>forms</c> format can be
+passed to &compile_forms2;.
+The <c>erl</c> and <c>hrl</c> formats are returned as
+iolists.</p>
<!-- That codec/2 can take the parsed format is undocumented, and
options name and inherits have no effect in this case. -->
</item>