From 3e14c0e9f81e34c78c609da4b77c32d208a34d93 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?John=20H=C3=B6gberg?= <john@erlang.org>
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2018 11:31:34 +0100
Subject: Clarify the named_table option to ets:new/2

---
 lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml | 11 +++++++----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

(limited to 'lib/stdlib/doc/src')

diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml
index b616e97714..305376a425 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml
@@ -1079,10 +1079,13 @@ ets:select(Table, MatchSpec),</code>
           </item>
           <tag><c>named_table</c></tag>
           <item>
-            <p>If this option is present, name <c><anno>Name</anno></c> is
-              associated with the table identifier. The name can then
-              be used instead of the table identifier in subsequent
-              operations.</p>
+            <p>If this option is present, the table is registered under its
+              <c><anno>Name</anno></c> which can then be used instead of the
+              table identifier in subsequent operations.</p>
+            <p>The function will also return the <c><anno>Name</anno></c>
+              instead of the table identifier. To get the table identifier of a
+              named table, use
+              <seealso marker="#whereis/1"><c>whereis/1</c></seealso>.</p>
           </item>
           <tag><c>{keypos,<anno>Pos</anno>}</c></tag>
           <item>
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