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diff --git a/man3/mallopt.3 b/man3/mallopt.3
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@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ See
.B M_ARENA_MAX
for the definition of an arena.
+The default value for this parameter is 2 on systems where
+.IR sizeof(long)
+is 4; otherwise the default value is 8.
+
This parameter has been available since glibc 2.10 via
.BR \-\-enable\-experimental\-malloc ,
and since glibc 2.15 by default.