1 files changed, 3 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3
index 361fbe4d1d..74e89d7fde 100644
--- a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3
+++ b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\"     $OpenBSD: malloc.3,v 1.144 2025/05/24 12:47:11 schwarze Exp $
+.\"     $OpenBSD: malloc.3,v 1.145 2025/05/27 12:40:37 schwarze Exp $
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: May 24 2025 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: May 27 2025 $
 .Dt MALLOC 3
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -372,18 +372,9 @@ Use with
 to get a verbose dump of malloc's internal state.
 .It Cm X
 .Dq xmalloc .
-Rather than return failure,
+Rather than return failure to handle out-of-memory conditions gracefully,
 .Xr abort 3
 the program with a diagnostic message on stderr.
-It is the intention that this option be set at compile time by
-including in the source:
-.Bd -literal -offset indent
-extern char *malloc_options;
-malloc_options = "X";
-.Ed
-.Pp
-Note that this will cause code that is supposed to handle
-out-of-memory conditions gracefully to abort instead.
 .It Cm <
 .Dq Halve the cache size .
 Decrease the size of the free page cache by a factor of two.