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diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/supervisor.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/supervisor.xml
index 45fa0847a8..d6203bdaa0 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/supervisor.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/supervisor.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1996</year><year>2010</year>
+ <year>1996</year><year>2011</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -83,11 +83,17 @@
supervisor, where all child processes are dynamically added
instances of the same process type, i.e. running the same
code.</p>
- <p>The functions <c>terminate_child/2</c>, <c>delete_child/2</c>
+ <p>The functions <c>delete_child/2</c>
and <c>restart_child/2</c> are invalid for
<c>simple_one_for_one</c> supervisors and will return
<c>{error,simple_one_for_one}</c> if the specified supervisor
uses this restart strategy.</p>
+ <p>The function <c>terminate_child/2</c> can be used for
+ children under <c>simple_one_for_one</c> supervisors by
+ giving the child's <c>pid()</c> as the second argument. If
+ instead the child specification identifier is used,
+ <c>terminate_child/2</c> will return
+ <c>{error,simple_one_for_one}</c>.</p>
</item>
</list>
<p>To prevent a supervisor from getting into an infinite loop of
@@ -311,24 +317,33 @@ child_spec() = {Id,StartFunc,Restart,Shutdown,Type,Modules}
<type>
<v>SupRef = Name | {Name,Node} | {global,Name} | pid()</v>
<v>&nbsp;Name = Node = atom()</v>
- <v>Id = term()</v>
+ <v>Id = pid() | term()</v>
<v>Result = ok | {error,Error}</v>
<v>&nbsp;Error = not_found | simple_one_for_one</v>
</type>
<desc>
- <p>Tells the supervisor <c>SupRef</c> to terminate the child
- process corresponding to the child specification identified
- by <c>Id</c>. The process, if there is one, is terminated but
- the child specification is kept by the supervisor. This means
- that the child process may be later be restarted by
- the supervisor. The child process can also be restarted
- explicitly by calling <c>restart_child/2</c>. Use
- <c>delete_child/2</c> to remove the child specification.</p>
+ <p>Tells the supervisor <c>SupRef</c> to terminate the given
+ child.</p>
+ <p>If the supervisor is not <c>simple_one_for_one</c>,
+ <c>Id</c> must be the child specification identifier. The
+ process, if there is one, is terminated but the child
+ specification is kept by the supervisor. The child process
+ may later be restarted by the supervisor. The child process
+ can also be restarted explicitly by calling
+ <c>restart_child/2</c>. Use <c>delete_child/2</c> to remove
+ the child specification.</p>
+ <p>If the supervisor is <c>simple_one_for_one</c>, <c>Id</c>
+ must be the child process' <c>pid()</c>. I the specified
+ process is alive, but is not a child of the given
+ supervisor, the function will return
+ <c>{error,not_found}</c>. If the child specification
+ identifier is given instead instead of a <c>pid()</c>, the
+ function will return <c>{error,simple_one_for_one}</c>.</p>
+ <p>If successful, the function returns <c>ok</c>. If there is
+ no child specification with the specified <c>Id</c>, the
+ function returns <c>{error,not_found}</c>.</p>
<p>See <c>start_child/2</c> for a description of
<c>SupRef</c>.</p>
- <p>If successful, the function returns <c>ok</c>. If there is
- no child specification with the specified <c>Id</c>,
- the function returns <c>{error,not_found}</c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>