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diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_statem.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_statem.xml
index 3322571b2c..17f1526a21 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_statem.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_statem.xml
@@ -919,18 +919,40 @@ handle_event(_, _, State, Data) ->
</p>
<note>
<p>
- For <c><anno>Timeout</anno> =/= infinity</c>,
+ For <c><anno>Timeout</anno> &lt; infinity</c>,
to avoid getting a late reply in the caller's
- inbox, this function spawns a proxy process that
+ inbox if the caller should catch exceptions,
+ this function spawns a proxy process that
does the call. A late reply gets delivered to the
dead proxy process, hence gets discarded. This is
less efficient than using
- <c><anno>Timeout</anno> =:= infinity</c>.
+ <c><anno>Timeout</anno> == infinity</c>.
</p>
</note>
<p>
- The call can fail, for example, if the <c>gen_statem</c> dies
- before or during this function call.
+ <c><anno>Timeout</anno></c> can also be a tuple
+ <c>{clean_timeout,<anno>T</anno>}</c> or
+ <c>{dirty_timeout,<anno>T</anno>}</c>, where
+ <c><anno>T</anno></c> is the timeout time.
+ <c>{clean_timeout,<anno>T</anno>}</c> works like
+ just <c>T</c> described in the note above
+ and uses a proxy process for <c>T &lt; infinity</c>,
+ while <c>{dirty_timeout,<anno>T</anno>}</c>
+ bypasses the proxy process which is more lightweight.
+ </p>
+ <note>
+ <p>
+ If you combine catching exceptions from this function
+ with <c>{dirty_timeout,<anno>T</anno>}</c>
+ to avoid that the calling process dies when the call
+ times out, you will have to be prepared to handle
+ a late reply.
+ So why not just allow the calling process to die?
+ </p>
+ </note>
+ <p>
+ The call can also fail, for example, if the <c>gen_statem</c>
+ dies before or during this function call.
</p>
</desc>
</func>