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diff --git a/doc/jemalloc.xml.in b/doc/jemalloc.xml.in
index f6b5062..36aae37 100644
--- a/doc/jemalloc.xml.in
+++ b/doc/jemalloc.xml.in
@@ -1457,8 +1457,8 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";]]></programlisting>
<literal>--</literal>
</term>
<listitem><para>Discard all of the arena's extant allocations. This
- interface can only be used with arenas created via <link
- linkend="arenas.extend"><mallctl>arenas.extend</mallctl></link>. None
+ interface can only be used with arenas explicitly created via <link
+ linkend="arenas.create"><mallctl>arenas.create</mallctl></link>. None
of the arena's discarded/cached allocations may accessed afterward. As
part of this requirement, all thread caches which were used to
allocate/deallocate in conjunction with the arena must be flushed
@@ -1504,8 +1504,8 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";]]></programlisting>
arena &lt;i&gt;. The functions must be capable of operating on all
extant extents associated with arena &lt;i&gt;, usually by passing
unknown extents to the replaced functions. In practice, it is feasible
- to control allocation for arenas created via <link
- linkend="arenas.extend"><mallctl>arenas.extend</mallctl></link> such
+ to control allocation for arenas explicitly created via <link
+ linkend="arenas.create"><mallctl>arenas.create</mallctl></link> such
that all extents originate from an application-supplied extent allocator
(by specifying the custom extent hook functions during arena creation),
but the automatically created arenas will have already created extents
@@ -1836,15 +1836,15 @@ struct extent_hooks_s {
class.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="arenas.extend">
+ <varlistentry id="arenas.create">
<term>
- <mallctl>arenas.extend</mallctl>
+ <mallctl>arenas.create</mallctl>
(<type>unsigned</type>, <type>extent_hooks_t *</type>)
<literal>rw</literal>
</term>
- <listitem><para>Extend the array of arenas by appending a new arena with
- optionally specified extent hooks, and returning the new arena
- index.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Explicitly create a new arena outside the range of
+ automatically managed arenas, with optionally specified extent hooks,
+ and return the new arena index.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="prof.thread_active_init">