8 files changed, 19 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/system/doc/programming_examples/Makefile b/system/doc/programming_examples/Makefile
index e5f7a330f4..237076d770 100644
--- a/system/doc/programming_examples/Makefile
+++ b/system/doc/programming_examples/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # %CopyrightBegin%
 # 
-# Copyright Ericsson AB 2003-2012. All Rights Reserved.
+# Copyright Ericsson AB 2003-2016. All Rights Reserved.
 # 
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/system/doc/programming_examples/bit_syntax.xml b/system/doc/programming_examples/bit_syntax.xml
index 0af295b7b7..d1dd52c5ab 100644
--- a/system/doc/programming_examples/bit_syntax.xml
+++ b/system/doc/programming_examples/bit_syntax.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <chapter>
   <header>
     <copyright>
-      <year>2003</year><year>2015</year>
+      <year>2003</year><year>2017</year>
       <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
     </copyright>
     <legalnotice>
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 
   <section>
     <title>Introduction</title>
+    <p>The complete specification for the bit syntax appears in the
+    <seealso marker="doc/reference_manual:expressions#bit_syntax">Reference Manual</seealso>.</p>
     <p>In Erlang, a Bin is used for constructing binaries and matching
       binary patterns. A Bin is written with the following syntax:</p>
     <code type="none"><![CDATA[
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@ Bin = <<E1, E2, ... En>>]]></code>
 <<E1, E2, ... En>> = Bin ]]></code>
     <p>Here, <c>Bin</c> is bound and the elements are bound or
       unbound, as in any match.</p>
-    <p>Since Erlang R12B, a Bin does not need to consist of a whole number of bytes.</p>
+    <p>A Bin does not need to consist of a whole number of bytes.</p>
 
     <p>A <em>bitstring</em> is a sequence of zero or more bits, where
     the number of bits does not need to be divisible by 8. If the number
@@ -165,8 +167,9 @@ end.]]></code>
       separated by hyphens.</p>
     <taglist>
       <tag>Type</tag>
-      <item>The type can be <c>integer</c>, <c>float</c>, or
-      <c>binary</c>.</item>
+      <item>The most commonly used types are <c>integer</c>, <c>float</c>, and <c>binary</c>.
+      See <seealso marker="doc/reference_manual:expressions#bit_syntax">Bit Syntax Expressions in the Reference Manual</seealso> for a complete description.
+</item>
       <tag>Signedness</tag>
       <item>The signedness specification can be either <c>signed</c>
        or <c>unsigned</c>. Notice that signedness only matters for
@@ -181,7 +184,7 @@ end.]]></code>
       <item>The unit size is given as <c>unit:IntegerLiteral</c>.
        The allowed range is 1-256. It is multiplied by
        the <c>Size</c> specifier to give the effective size of
-       the segment. Since Erlang R12B, the unit size specifies the alignment
+       the segment. The unit size specifies the alignment
        for binary segments without size.</item>
     </taglist>
     <p><em>Example:</em></p>
@@ -319,21 +322,15 @@ foo(<<A:8,Rest/bitstring>>) ->]]></code>
 
   <section>
     <title>Appending to a Binary</title>
-    <p>Since Erlang R12B, the following function for creating a binary out of
-    a list of triples of integers is efficient:</p>
+    <p>Appending to a binary in an efficient way can be done as follows:</p>
     <code type="none"><![CDATA[
 triples_to_bin(T) ->
     triples_to_bin(T, <<>>).
 
 triples_to_bin([{X,Y,Z} | T], Acc) ->
-    triples_to_bin(T, <<Acc/binary,X:32,Y:32,Z:32>>);   % inefficient before R12B
+    triples_to_bin(T, <<Acc/binary,X:32,Y:32,Z:32>>);
 triples_to_bin([], Acc) -> 
     Acc.]]></code>
-    <p>In previous releases, this function was highly inefficient, because
-    the binary constructed so far (<c>Acc</c>) was copied in each recursion step.
-    That is no longer the case. For more information, see
-    <seealso marker="doc/efficiency_guide:introduction">
-    Efficiency Guide</seealso>.</p>
   </section>
 </chapter>
 
diff --git a/system/doc/programming_examples/book.xml b/system/doc/programming_examples/book.xml
index c6eb4fec97..0f0fca5874 100644
--- a/system/doc/programming_examples/book.xml
+++ b/system/doc/programming_examples/book.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <book xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
   <header titlestyle="normal">
     <copyright>
-      <year>2003</year><year>2013</year>
+      <year>2003</year><year>2016</year>
       <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
     </copyright>
     <legalnotice>
diff --git a/system/doc/programming_examples/funs.xmlsrc b/system/doc/programming_examples/funs.xmlsrc
index 8469f0871c..bb519be612 100644
--- a/system/doc/programming_examples/funs.xmlsrc
+++ b/system/doc/programming_examples/funs.xmlsrc
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <chapter>
   <header>
     <copyright>
-      <year>2003</year><year>2013</year>
+      <year>2003</year><year>2016</year>
       <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
     </copyright>
     <legalnotice>
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ f(...) ->
              ...
         end, ...)
     ...</code>
-    <p>instead of writng the following code:</p>
+    <p>instead of writing the following code:</p>
     <code type="none">
 f(...) ->
     Y = ...
diff --git a/system/doc/programming_examples/list_comprehensions.xml b/system/doc/programming_examples/list_comprehensions.xml
index 5667571ec5..706cb337ad 100644
--- a/system/doc/programming_examples/list_comprehensions.xml
+++ b/system/doc/programming_examples/list_comprehensions.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <chapter>
   <header>
     <copyright>
-      <year>2003</year><year>2013</year>
+      <year>2003</year><year>2016</year>
       <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
     </copyright>
     <legalnotice>
diff --git a/system/doc/programming_examples/part.xml b/system/doc/programming_examples/part.xml
index e1f8cc5d57..930646ff4b 100644
--- a/system/doc/programming_examples/part.xml
+++ b/system/doc/programming_examples/part.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <part xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
   <header>
     <copyright>
-      <year>2003</year><year>2013</year>
+      <year>2003</year><year>2016</year>
       <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
     </copyright>
     <legalnotice>
diff --git a/system/doc/programming_examples/records.xml b/system/doc/programming_examples/records.xml
index 6bda6dc0fd..074aa636b4 100644
--- a/system/doc/programming_examples/records.xml
+++ b/system/doc/programming_examples/records.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <chapter>
   <header>
     <copyright>
-      <year>2003</year><year>2013</year>
+      <year>2003</year><year>2016</year>
       <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
     </copyright>
     <legalnotice>
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ person</pre>
       at compile time, not at runtime. For details on records
       in the shell, see the
       <seealso marker="stdlib:shell">shell(3)</seealso>
-      manual page in <c>stdlib</c>.</p>
+      manual page in STDLIB.</p>
   </section>
 
   <section>
diff --git a/system/doc/programming_examples/xmlfiles.mk b/system/doc/programming_examples/xmlfiles.mk
index cc77f48253..5129e488f4 100644
--- a/system/doc/programming_examples/xmlfiles.mk
+++ b/system/doc/programming_examples/xmlfiles.mk
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # %CopyrightBegin%
 # 
-# Copyright Ericsson AB 2009. All Rights Reserved.
+# Copyright Ericsson AB 2009-2016. All Rights Reserved.
 # 
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.