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diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml
index fd62f778a2..bc4c68230e 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml
@@ -430,8 +430,56 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38
<name name="peername" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Return the address and port for the other end of a connection</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Returns the address and port for the other end of a
- connection.</p>
+ <p>
+ Returns the address and port for the other end of a
+ connection.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Note that for SCTP sockets this function only returns
+ one of the socket's peer addresses. The function
+ <seealso marker="#peernames/1">peernames/1,2</seealso>
+ returns all.
+ </p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+ <func>
+ <name name="peernames" arity="1"/>
+ <fsummary>
+ Return all address/port numbers for the other end of a connection
+ </fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>
+ Equivalent to
+ <seealso marker="#peernames/2"><c>peernames(<anno>Socket</anno>, 0)</c></seealso>.
+ Note that this function's behaviour for an SCTP
+ one-to-many style socket is not defined by the
+ <url href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-tsvwg-sctpsocket-13">SCTP Sockets API Extensions</url>.
+ </p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+ <func>
+ <name name="peernames" arity="2"/>
+ <fsummary>
+ Return all address/port numbers for the other end of a connection
+ </fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>
+ Returns a list of all address/port number pairs for the other end
+ of a socket's association <c><anno>Assoc</anno></c>.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ This function can return multiple addresses for multihomed
+ sockets such as SCTP sockets. For other sockets it
+ returns a one element list.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Note that the <c><anno>Assoc</anno></c> parameter is by the
+ <url href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-tsvwg-sctpsocket-13">SCTP Sockets API Extensions</url>
+ defined to be ignored for
+ one-to-one style sockets. What the special value <c>0</c>
+ means hence its behaviour for one-to-many style sockets
+ is unfortunately not defined.
+ </p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
@@ -446,6 +494,46 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38
<fsummary>Return the local address and port number for a socket</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns the local address and port number for a socket.</p>
+ <p>
+ Note that for SCTP sockets this function only returns
+ one of the socket addresses. The function
+ <seealso marker="#socknames/1">socknames/1,2</seealso>
+ returns all.
+ </p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+ <func>
+ <name name="socknames" arity="1"/>
+ <fsummary>Return all local address/port numbers for a socket</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>
+ Equivalent to
+ <seealso marker="#socknames/2"><c>socknames(<anno>Socket</anno>, 0)</c></seealso>.
+ </p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+ <func>
+ <name name="socknames" arity="2"/>
+ <fsummary>Return all local address/port numbers for a socket</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>
+ Returns a list of all local address/port number pairs for a socket
+ for the given association <c><anno>Assoc</anno></c>.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ This function can return multiple addresses for multihomed
+ sockets such as SCTP sockets. For other sockets it
+ returns a one element list.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Note that the <c><anno>Assoc</anno></c> parameter is by the
+ <url href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-tsvwg-sctpsocket-13">SCTP Sockets API Extensions</url>
+ defined to be ignored for one-to-one style sockets.
+ For one-to-many style sockets the special value <c>0</c>
+ is defined to mean that the returned addresses shall be
+ without regard to any particular association.
+ How different SCTP implementations interprets this varies somewhat.
+ </p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>