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diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml
index d3611d6a03..21f8a2d54a 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml
@@ -651,6 +651,11 @@ ok = code:finish_loading(Prepared),
<p>Purges the code for <c><anno>Module</anno></c>, that is, removes code
marked as old. If some processes still linger in the old code,
these processes are killed before the code is removed.</p>
+ <note><p>As of ERTS version 9.0, a process is only considered
+ to be lingering in the code if it has direct references to the code.
+ For more information see documentation of
+ <seealso marker="erts:erlang#check_process_code/3"><c>erlang:check_process_code/3</c></seealso>,
+ which is used in order to determine this.</p></note>
<p>Returns <c>true</c> if successful and any process is needed to
be killed, otherwise <c>false</c>.</p>
</desc>
@@ -661,6 +666,11 @@ ok = code:finish_loading(Prepared),
<desc>
<p>Purges the code for <c><anno>Module</anno></c>, that is, removes code
marked as old, but only if no processes linger in it.</p>
+ <note><p>As of ERTS version 9.0, a process is only considered
+ to be lingering in the code if it has direct references to the code.
+ For more information see documentation of
+ <seealso marker="erts:erlang#check_process_code/3"><c>erlang:check_process_code/3</c></seealso>,
+ which is used in order to determine this.</p></note>
<p>Returns <c>false</c> if the module cannot be purged because
of processes lingering in old code, otherwise <c>true</c>.</p>
</desc>