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From d512b171ac99e3e8f24ed649c775e566e6f4fbb1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Bj=C3=B6rn=20Gustavsson?= <bjorn@erlang.org>
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2024 12:28:57 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update details about record definitions in the shell

---
 system/doc/reference_manual/ref_man_records.md | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/system/doc/reference_manual/records.xml b/system/doc/reference_manual/records.xml
index 72206d2f35..47ff2b6052 100644
--- a/system/doc/reference_manual/records.xml
+++ b/system/doc/reference_manual/records.xml
@@ -32,10 +32,7 @@
 A record is a data structure for storing a fixed number of
 elements. It has named fields and is similar to a struct in C.
 Record expressions are translated to tuple expressions during
- compilation. Therefore, record expressions are not understood by
- the shell unless special actions are taken. For details, see the
- <seeerl marker="stdlib:shell">shell(3)</seeerl>
- manual page in STDLIB.
+ compilation.
 More examples are provided in
 <seeguide marker="system/programming_examples:records">
 Programming Examples</seeguide>.
@@ -57,6 +54,10 @@
 come before any usage of the record.
 If a record is used in several modules, it is recommended that
 the record definition is placed in an include file.
+ <change>Starting from Erlang/OTP 26, records can be defined in the Erlang shell
+ using the syntax described in this section. In earlier releases, it was
+ necessary to use the `m:shell` built-in function `rd/2`.
+ </change>
 </section>
 
 <section>
-- 
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