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diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_event.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_event.xml
index c24542002a..09bde3e397 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_event.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_event.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1996</year><year>2016</year>
+ <year>1996</year><year>2017</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -350,13 +350,18 @@ gen_event:stop -----> Module:terminate/2
<func>
<name>start() -> Result</name>
- <name>start(EventMgrName) -> Result</name>
+ <name>start(EventMgrName | Options) -> Result</name>
+ <name>start(EventMgrName, Options) -> Result</name>
<fsummary>Create a stand-alone event manager process.</fsummary>
<type>
- <v>EventMgrName = {local,Name} | {global,GlobalName}
- | {via,Module,ViaName}</v>
+ <v>EventMgrName = {local,Name} | {global,GlobalName} | {via,Module,ViaName}</v>
<v>&nbsp;Name = atom()</v>
<v>&nbsp;GlobalName = ViaName = term()</v>
+ <v>Options = [Option]</v>
+ <v>&nbsp;Option = {debug,Dbgs} | {timeout,Time} | {spawn_opt,SOpts}</v>
+ <v>&nbsp;&nbsp;Dbgs = [Dbg]</v>
+ <v>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dbg = trace | log | statistics | {log_to_file,FileName} | {install,{Func,FuncState}}</v>
+ <v>&nbsp;&nbsp;SOpts = [term()]</v>
<v>Result = {ok,Pid} | {error,{already_started,Pid}}</v>
<v>&nbsp;Pid = pid()</v>
</type>
@@ -371,14 +376,19 @@ gen_event:stop -----> Module:terminate/2
<func>
<name>start_link() -> Result</name>
- <name>start_link(EventMgrName) -> Result</name>
+ <name>start_link(EventMgrName | Options) -> Result</name>
+ <name>start_link(EventMgrName, Options) -> Result</name>
<fsummary>Create a generic event manager process in a supervision tree.
</fsummary>
<type>
- <v>EventMgrName = {local,Name} | {global,GlobalName}
- | {via,Module,ViaName}</v>
+ <v>EventMgrName = {local,Name} | {global,GlobalName} | {via,Module,ViaName}</v>
<v>&nbsp;Name = atom()</v>
<v>&nbsp;GlobalName = ViaName = term()</v>
+ <v>Options = [Option]</v>
+ <v>&nbsp;Option = {debug,Dbgs} | {timeout,Time} | {spawn_opt,SOpts}</v>
+ <v>&nbsp;&nbsp;Dbgs = [Dbg]</v>
+ <v>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dbg = trace | log | statistics | {log_to_file,FileName} | {install,{Func,FuncState}}</v>
+ <v>&nbsp;&nbsp;SOpts = [term()]</v>
<v>Result = {ok,Pid} | {error,{already_started,Pid}}</v>
<v>&nbsp;Pid = pid()</v>
</type>
@@ -569,6 +579,13 @@ gen_event:stop -----> Module:terminate/2
<v>Extra = term()</v>
</type>
<desc>
+ <note>
+ <p>This callback is optional, so callback modules need not export it.
+ If a release upgrade/downgrade with <c>Change={advanced,Extra}</c>
+ specified in the <c>.appup</c> file is made when <c>code_change/3</c>
+ isn't implemented the event handler will crash with an <c>undef</c> error
+ reason.</p>
+ </note>
<p>This function is called for an installed event handler that
is to update its internal state during a release
upgrade/downgrade, that is, when the instruction
@@ -749,6 +766,12 @@ gen_event:stop -----> Module:terminate/2
<v>&nbsp;&nbsp;Id = term()</v>
</type>
<desc>
+ <note>
+ <p>This callback is optional, so callback modules need not
+ export it. The <c>gen_event</c> module provides a default
+ implementation of this function that logs about the unexpected
+ <c>Info</c> message, drops it and returns <c>{noreply, State}</c>.</p>
+ </note>
<p>This function is called for each installed event handler when
an event manager receives any other message than an event or
a synchronous request (or a system message).</p>
@@ -805,6 +828,11 @@ gen_event:stop -----> Module:terminate/2
<v>&nbsp;Args = Reason = Term = term()</v>
</type>
<desc>
+ <note>
+ <p>This callback is optional, so callback modules need not
+ export it. The <c>gen_event</c> module provides a default
+ implementation without cleanup.</p>
+ </note>
<p>Whenever an event handler is deleted from an event manager,
this function is called. It is to be the opposite of
<seealso marker="#Module:init/1"><c>Module:init/1</c></seealso>