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diff --git a/manual/manual.of b/manual/manual.of
index c37f3061..ff891399 100644
--- a/manual/manual.of
+++ b/manual/manual.of
@@ -6813,6 +6813,16 @@ As such, it is only available on some platforms
 (Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, BSD,
 plus other Unix systems that support the @id{dlfcn} standard).
+This function is inherently insecure,
+as it allows Lua to call any function in any readable dynamic
+library in the system.
+(Lua calls any function assuming the function
+has a proper prototype and respects a proper protocol
+@see{lua_CFunction}.
+Therefore,
+calling an arbitrary function in an arbitrary dynamic library
+more often than not results in an access violation.)
 }
 @LibEntry{package.path|

diff --git a/manual/manual.of b/manual/manual.of index c37f3061..ff891399 100644 --- a/manual/manual.of +++ b/manual/manual.of
@@ -6813,6 +6813,16 @@ As such, it is only available on some platforms
6813	(Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, BSD,	6813	(Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, BSD,
6814	plus other Unix systems that support the @id{dlfcn} standard).	6814	plus other Unix systems that support the @id{dlfcn} standard).
6815		6815
		6816	This function is inherently insecure,
		6817	as it allows Lua to call any function in any readable dynamic
		6818	library in the system.
		6819	(Lua calls any function assuming the function
		6820	has a proper prototype and respects a proper protocol
		6821	@see{lua_CFunction}.
		6822	Therefore,
		6823	calling an arbitrary function in an arbitrary dynamic library
		6824	more often than not results in an access violation.)
		6825
6816	}	6826	}
6817		6827
6818	@LibEntry{package.path\|	6828	@LibEntry{package.path\|