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-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml10
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml2
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml
index b36c28e027..fad5af85bb 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml
@@ -555,8 +555,14 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38
mode will return <c>{ok, HttpPacket}</c> from <c>gen_tcp:recv</c>
while an active socket will send messages like <c>{http,
Socket, HttpPacket}</c>.</p>
- <p>Note that the packet type <c>httph</c> is not
- needed when reading from a socket.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>httph | httph_bin</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>These two types are often not needed as the socket will
+ automatically switch from <c>http</c>/<c>http_bin</c> to
+ <c>httph</c>/<c>httph_bin</c> internally after the first line
+ has been read. There might be occasions however when they are
+ useful, such as parsing trailers from chunked encoding.</p>
</item>
</taglist>
</item>
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml
index e325443f6c..fc8360b3d1 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml
@@ -2535,7 +2535,7 @@
<c>badarg</c> if a process is already registered. As it
turns out there is no check in <c>global</c> if a process is
registered under more than one name. If some process is
- accidentaly or by design given several names, it is
+ accidentally or by design given several names, it is
possible that the name registry becomes inconsistent due
to the way the resolve function is called when name
clashes are discovered (see <c>register_name/3</c> in