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diff --git a/system/doc/design_principles/sup_princ.xml b/system/doc/design_principles/sup_princ.xml
index a432f9458b..5b8fd604c8 100644
--- a/system/doc/design_principles/sup_princ.xml
+++ b/system/doc/design_principles/sup_princ.xml
@@ -160,10 +160,13 @@ init(...) ->
be restarted.</p>
<list type="bulleted">
<item>A <c>permanent</c> child process is always restarted.</item>
- <item>A <c>temporary</c> child process is never restarted.</item>
+ <item>A <c>temporary</c> child process is never restarted
+ (not even when the supervisor's restart strategy
+ is <c>rest_for_one</c> or <c>one_for_all</c> and a sibling's
+ death causes the temporary process to be terminated).</item>
<item>A <c>transient</c> child process is restarted only if it
terminates abnormally, i.e. with another exit reason than
- <c>normal</c>.</item>
+ <c>normal</c>, <c>shutdown</c> or <c>{shutdown,Term}</c>.</item>
</list>
</item>
<item>