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diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/heart.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/heart.xml
index 5b5b71e521..4243b1ffe8 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/heart.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/heart.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1996</year><year>2016</year>
+ <year>1996</year><year>2018</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
<date>1998-01-28</date>
<rev>A</rev>
</header>
- <module>heart</module>
+ <module since="">heart</module>
<modulesummary>Heartbeat monitoring of an Erlang runtime system.</modulesummary>
<description>
<p>This modules contains the interface to the <c>heart</c> process.
@@ -59,8 +59,9 @@
<pre>
% <input>erl -heart -env HEART_BEAT_TIMEOUT 30 ...</input></pre>
<p>The value (in seconds) must be in the range 10 &lt; X &lt;= 65535.</p>
- <p>Notice that if the system clock is adjusted with
- more than <c>HEART_BEAT_TIMEOUT</c> seconds, <c>heart</c>
+ <p>When running on OSs lacking support for monotonic time,
+ <c>heart</c> is susceptible to system clock adjustments of more than
+ <c>HEART_BEAT_TIMEOUT</c> seconds. When this happens, <c>heart</c>
times out and tries to reboot the system. This can occur, for
example, if the system clock is adjusted automatically by use of the
Network Time Protocol (NTP).</p>
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@
<funcs>
<func>
- <name name="set_cmd" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="set_cmd" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Set a temporary reboot command.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Sets a temporary reboot command. This command is used if
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="clear_cmd" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="clear_cmd" arity="0" since=""/>
<fsummary>Clear the temporary boot command.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Clears the temporary boot command. If the system terminates,
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="get_cmd" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="get_cmd" arity="0" since=""/>
<fsummary>Get the temporary reboot command.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Gets the temporary reboot command. If the command is cleared,
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="set_callback" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="set_callback" arity="2" since="OTP 18.3"/>
<fsummary>Set a validation callback</fsummary>
<desc>
<p> This validation callback will be executed before any
@@ -165,14 +166,14 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="clear_callback" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="clear_callback" arity="0" since="OTP 18.3"/>
<fsummary>Clear the validation callback</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Removes the validation callback call before heartbeats.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="get_callback" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="get_callback" arity="0" since="OTP 18.3"/>
<fsummary>Get the validation callback</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Get the validation callback. If the callback is cleared, <c>none</c> will be returned.</p>
@@ -180,7 +181,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="set_options" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="set_options" arity="1" since="OTP 18.3"/>
<fsummary>Set a list of options</fsummary>
<desc>
<p> Valid options <c>set_options</c> are: </p>
@@ -198,7 +199,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="get_options" arity="0"/>
+ <name name="get_options" arity="0" since="OTP 18.3"/>
<fsummary>Get the temporary reboot command</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns <c>{ok, Options}</c> where <c>Options</c> is a list of current options enabled for heart.