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diff --git a/man3/libsimple_pvalloc.3 b/man3/libsimple_pvalloc.3
index 63473b3..b6cf4c6 100644
--- a/man3/libsimple_pvalloc.3
+++ b/man3/libsimple_pvalloc.3
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ alignment of the page size to the allocated memory.
The function
.BR free (3)
shall be called with the returned pointer as
-input when the allocated memory is no longer needed.
+input when the allocated memory is no longer needed,
+but see
+.BR NOTES .
.PP
The
.BR libsimple_enpvalloc ()
@@ -132,6 +134,15 @@ None.
.SH FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
.SH NOTES
+Portable applications shall assume that pointer
+returned by the
+.BR pvalloc ()
+function can be deallocated with the
+.BR free (3)
+functon, unless the namespaced alias
+.BR libsimple_pvalloc ()
+is used explicitly.
+.PP
The GNU implementation of
.BR pvalloc (3)
is \(dqMT-Unsafe init\(dq.