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diff --git a/system/doc/reference_manual/typespec.xml b/system/doc/reference_manual/typespec.xml
index f6a19397c3..a8b7393cc8 100644
--- a/system/doc/reference_manual/typespec.xml
+++ b/system/doc/reference_manual/typespec.xml
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@
| Erlang_Atom %% 'foo', 'bar', ...
Bitstring :: <<>>
- | <<_:M>> %% M is a positive integer
- | <<_:_*N>> %% N is a positive integer
+ | <<_:M>> %% M is an Integer_Value that evaluates to a positive integer
+ | <<_:_*N>> %% N is an Integer_Value that evaluates to a positive integer
| <<_:M, _:_*N>>
Fun :: fun() %% any function
@@ -123,8 +123,17 @@
| fun((TList) -> Type)
Integer :: integer()
- | Erlang_Integer %% ..., -1, 0, 1, ... 42 ...
- | Erlang_Integer..Erlang_Integer %% specifies an integer range
+ | Integer_Value
+ | Integer_Value..Integer_Value %% specifies an integer range
+
+ Integer_Value :: Erlang_Integer %% ..., -1, 0, 1, ... 42 ...
+ | Erlang_Character %% $a, $b ...
+ | Integer_Value BinaryOp Integer_Value
+ | UnaryOp Integer_Value
+
+ BinaryOp :: '*' | 'div' | 'rem' | 'band' | '+' | '-' | 'bor' | 'bxor' | 'bsl' | 'bsr'
+
+ UnaryOp :: '+' | '-' | 'bnot'
List :: list(Type) %% Proper list ([]-terminated)
| maybe_improper_list(Type1, Type2) %% Type1=contents, Type2=termination
@@ -151,8 +160,13 @@
Union :: Type1 | Type2
]]></pre>
<p>
+ Integer values are either integer or character literals or expressions
+ consisting of possibily nested unary or binary operations that evaluate to
+ an integer. Such expressions can also be used in bit strings and ranges.
+ </p>
+ <p>
The general form of bit strings is <c>&lt;&lt;_:M, _:_*N&gt;&gt;</c>,
- where <c>M</c> and <c>N</c> are positive integers. It denotes a
+ where <c>M</c> and <c>N</c> must evaluate to positive integers. It denotes a
bit string that is <c>M + (k*N)</c> bits long (that is, a bit string that
starts with <c>M</c> bits and continues with <c>k</c> segments of
<c>N</c> bits each, where <c>k</c> is also a positive integer).