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diff --git a/Lib/tempfile.py b/Lib/tempfile.py
index efcf7a7..8570c3b 100644
--- a/Lib/tempfile.py
+++ b/Lib/tempfile.py
@@ -532,6 +532,10 @@ def NamedTemporaryFile(mode='w+b', buffering=-1, encoding=None,
Returns an object with a file-like interface; the name of the file
is accessible as its 'name' attribute. The file will be automatically
deleted when it is closed unless the 'delete' argument is set to False.
+
+ On POSIX, NamedTemporaryFiles cannot be automatically deleted if
+ the creating process is terminated abruptly with a SIGKILL signal.
+ Windows can delete the file even in this case.
"""
prefix, suffix, dir, output_type = _sanitize_params(prefix, suffix, dir)