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diff --git a/lib/sasl/doc/src/systools.xml b/lib/sasl/doc/src/systools.xml
index 8c1c327d74..1b90f0d4ee 100644
--- a/lib/sasl/doc/src/systools.xml
+++ b/lib/sasl/doc/src/systools.xml
@@ -111,6 +111,11 @@
low-level instruction to restart the emulator is appended to
the relup scripts. This ensures that a complete reboot of
the system is done when the system is upgraded or downgraded.</p>
+ <p>If an upgrade includes a change from an emulator earlier
+ than OTP R15 to OTP R15 or later, the warning
+ <c>pre_R15_emulator_upgrade</c> is issued. See <seealso
+ marker="doc/design_principles:appup_cookbook">Design
+ Principles</seealso> for more information about this.</p>
<p>By default, errors and warnings are printed to tty and
the function returns <c>ok</c> or <c>error</c>. If the option
<c>silent</c> is provided, the function instead returns
@@ -133,8 +138,9 @@
<fsummary>Generate a boot script <c>.script/.boot</c>.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Name = string()</v>
- <v>Opt = src_tests | {path,[Dir]} | local | {variables,[Var]} | exref | {exref,[App]}]
- | silent | {outdir,Dir} | warnings_as_errors</v>
+ <v>Opt = src_tests | {path,[Dir]} | local | {variables,[Var]} | exref |
+ {exref,[App]}] | silent | {outdir,Dir} | no_warn_sasl |
+ warnings_as_errors</v>
<v>&nbsp;Dir = string()</v>
<v>&nbsp;Var = {VarName,Prefix}</v>
<v>&nbsp;&nbsp;VarName = Prefix = string()</v>
@@ -190,6 +196,10 @@
<p>The applications are sorted according to the dependencies
between the applications. Where there are no dependencies,
the order in the <c>.rel</c> file is kept.</p>
+ <p>If <c>sasl</c> is not included as an application in
+ the <c>.rel</c> file, a warning is emitted because such a
+ release can not be used in an upgrade. To turn of this
+ warning, add the option <c>no_warn_sasl</c>.</p>
<p>All files are searched for in the current path. It is
assumed that the <c>.app</c> and <c>.beam</c> files for an
application is located in the same directory. The <c>.erl</c>
@@ -220,7 +230,7 @@
<p>Example: If the option <c>{variables,[{"TEST","lib"}]}</c> is
supplied, and <c>myapp.app</c> is found in
<c>lib/myapp/ebin</c>, then the path to this application in
- the boot script will be <c>$TEST/myapp-1/ebin"</c>. If
+ the boot script will be <c>"$TEST/myapp-1/ebin"</c>. If
<c>myapp.app</c> is found in <c>lib/test</c>, then the path
will be <c>$TEST/test/myapp-1/ebin</c>.</p>
<p>The checks performed before the boot script is generated can