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From 0e6258394e1b21dba9879775267195f975d36185 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rickard Green <rickard@erlang.org>
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2023 17:35:42 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add info about async_dist in reference manual

---
 system/doc/reference_manual/processes.xml | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/system/doc/reference_manual/processes.xml b/system/doc/reference_manual/processes.xml
index 2243041d0f..78f356e93a 100644
--- a/system/doc/reference_manual/processes.xml
+++ b/system/doc/reference_manual/processes.xml
@@ -700,7 +700,12 @@ spawn(Module, Name, Args) -> pid()
 	    <seecom marker="erts:erl#+zdbbl"><c>+zdbbl</c></seecom>. Note
 	    that if you do raise the limit like this, you need to take care
 	    of flow control yourself to ensure that you do not get into a
-	    situation with excessive memory usage.
+	    situation with excessive memory usage. As of OTP 25.3 it is
+            also possible to enable <i>fully asynchronous distributed
+            signaling</i> on a per process level using
+            <seeerl marker="erts:erlang#process_flag_async_dist">
+              <c>process_flag(async_dist, Bool)</c></seeerl>. Also in this case
+            you need to take care of flow control yourself.
 	  </p>
 	</item>
       </taglist>
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