From 26b0619b05d36e87849ff249f0e68cf9bfd1d1fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brujo Benavides <elbrujohalcon@inaka.net>
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2016 12:59:27 -0300
Subject: Expand on the behavior of supervisors

Add additional details on the behavior of supervisors when
reaching maximum restart intensity, as stated by @rvirding
at [Medium](https://goo.gl/XhwpSL)
---
 lib/stdlib/doc/src/supervisor.xml | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'lib/stdlib')

diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/supervisor.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/supervisor.xml
index 294196f746..bb06d3645e 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/supervisor.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/supervisor.xml
@@ -133,8 +133,10 @@ sup_flags() = #{strategy => strategy(),         % optional
       map. Assuming the values <c>MaxR</c> for <c>intensity</c>
       and <c>MaxT</c> for <c>period</c>, then, if more than <c>MaxR</c>
       restarts occur within <c>MaxT</c> seconds, the supervisor
-      terminates all child processes and then itself. <c>intensity</c>
-      defaults to <c>1</c> and <c>period</c> defaults to <c>5</c>.</p>
+      terminates all child processes and then itself. The termination
+      reason for the supervisor itself in that case will be <c>shutdown</c>.
+      <c>intensity</c> defaults to <c>1</c> and <c>period</c> defaults to
+      <c>5</c>.</p>
 
     <marker id="child_spec"/>
     <p>The type definition of a child specification is as follows:</p>
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