From cedee54fd81ddf8e4423e5ad4b3e6454001c6e95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Bj=C3=B6rn=20Gustavsson?= <bjorn@erlang.org>
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:10:34 +0100
Subject: Efficiency Guide: The maximum number of atoms can be configured

---
 system/doc/efficiency_guide/advanced.xml      | 3 ++-
 system/doc/efficiency_guide/commoncaveats.xml | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/system/doc/efficiency_guide/advanced.xml b/system/doc/efficiency_guide/advanced.xml
index 82f82f9fd6..6a191ebdb8 100644
--- a/system/doc/efficiency_guide/advanced.xml
+++ b/system/doc/efficiency_guide/advanced.xml
@@ -154,7 +154,8 @@ On 64-bit architectures: 4 words for a reference from the current local node, an
       <item>255</item>
       <tag><em>Atoms </em></tag>
       <item>      <marker id="atoms"></marker>
-The maximum number of atoms is 1048576. </item>
+	By default, the maximum number of atoms is 1048576.
+	This limit can be raised or lowered using the <c>+t</c> option.</item>
       <tag><em>Ets-tables</em></tag>
       <item>The default is 1400, can be changed with the environment variable <c>ERL_MAX_ETS_TABLES</c>.</item>
       <tag><em>Elements in a tuple</em></tag>
diff --git a/system/doc/efficiency_guide/commoncaveats.xml b/system/doc/efficiency_guide/commoncaveats.xml
index e18e5aa510..326db6df8c 100644
--- a/system/doc/efficiency_guide/commoncaveats.xml
+++ b/system/doc/efficiency_guide/commoncaveats.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 
     <p>Atoms are not garbage-collected. Once an atom is created, it will never
     be removed. The emulator will terminate if the limit for the number
-    of atoms (1048576) is reached.</p>
+    of atoms (1048576 by default) is reached.</p>
 
     <p>Therefore, converting arbitrary input strings to atoms could be
     dangerous in a system that will run continuously.
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