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diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/disk_log.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/disk_log.xml
index 0b6ee1e6a5..aebeacee28 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/disk_log.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/disk_log.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
<taglist>
<tag>halt logs</tag>
<item><p>Appends items to a single file, which size can
- be limited by the disk log module.</p></item>
+ be limited by the <c>disk_log</c> module.</p></item>
<tag>wrap logs</tag>
<item><p>Uses a sequence of wrap log files of limited size. As a
wrap log file is filled up, further items are logged on to the next
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@
An item logged to an internally formatted log must not occupy more
than 4 GB of disk space (the size must fit in 4 bytes).</p></item>
<tag>external format</tag>
- <item><p>Leaves it up to the user to read the logged deep byte lists.
- The disk log module cannot repair externally formatted logs.</p></item>
+ <item><p>Leaves it up to the user to read and interpret the logged data.
+ The <c>disk_log</c> module cannot repair externally formatted logs.</p></item>
</taglist>
<p>For each open disk log, one process handles requests
@@ -109,8 +109,7 @@
These functions log one or more Erlang terms.
By prefixing each of the functions with a <c>b</c> (for "binary"),
we get the corresponding <c>blog()</c> functions for the external format.
- These functions log one or more deep lists of bytes or, alternatively,
- binaries of deep lists of bytes.
+ These functions log one or more chunks of bytes.
For example, to log the string <c>"hello"</c> in ASCII format, you
can use <c>disk_log:blog(Log, "hello")</c>, or
<c>disk_log:blog(Log, list_to_binary("hello"))</c>. The two
@@ -219,9 +218,6 @@
<name name="dlog_head_opt"/>
</datatype>
<datatype>
- <name name="dlog_byte"/>
- </datatype>
- <datatype>
<name name="dlog_mode"/>
</datatype>
<datatype>
@@ -234,9 +230,6 @@
</desc>
</datatype>
<datatype>
- <name name="bytes"/>
- </datatype>
- <datatype>
<name name="invalid_header"/>
</datatype>
<datatype>
@@ -953,7 +946,7 @@
written first on the log file. If the log is a wrap
log, the item <c><anno>Head</anno></c> is written first in each new file.
<c><anno>Head</anno></c> is to be a term if the format is
- <c>internal</c>, otherwise a deep list of bytes (or a binary).
+ <c>internal</c>, otherwise a sequence of bytes.
Defaults to <c>none</c>, which means that
no header is written first on the file.
</p>
@@ -965,7 +958,7 @@
The call <c>M:F(A)</c> is assumed to return <c>{ok, Head}</c>.
The item <c>Head</c> is written first in each file.
<c>Head</c> is to be a term if the format is
- <c>internal</c>, otherwise a deep list of bytes (or a binary).
+ <c>internal</c>, otherwise a sequence of bytes.
</p>
</item>
<tag><c>{mode, <anno>Mode</anno>}</c></tag>