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 <H2><A HREF="#toc2" NAME="sect2">Description</A></H2>
 <P><B>pthread_detach</B> puts the thread <I>th</I> in the detached
-state. This guarantees that the memory resources consumed by <I>th</I>
-will be freed immediately when <I>th</I> terminates. However, this
+state. This guarantees that the resources consumed by <I>th</I> will
+be freed immediately when <I>th</I> terminates. However, this
 prevents other threads from synchronizing on the termination of <I>th</I>
-using <B>pthread_join</B>. 
-</P>
+using <B>pthread_join</B>. If, when <B>pthread_detach</B> is called,
+<I>th</I> has already terminated, all of <I>th</I>'s remaining
+resources will be freed.</P>
 <P>A thread can be created initially in the detached state, using the
 <B>detachstate</B> attribute to <A HREF="pthread_create.html"><B>pthread_create</B>(3)</A>
 . In contrast, <B>pthread_detach</B> applies to threads created in
@@ -37,8 +38,9 @@ later.
 <P>After <B>pthread_detach</B> completes, subsequent attempts to
 perform <B>pthread_join</B> on <I>th</I> will fail. If another thread
 is already joining the thread <I>th</I> at the time <B>pthread_detach</B>
-is called, <B>pthread_detach</B> does nothing and leaves <I>th</I> in
-the joinable state. 
+is called, <I>th</I> will be detached and <B>pthread_join</B><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium">
+will eventually return when <I>th</I> terminates but may not return
+with <I>th</I>'s correct return code.</SPAN> 
 </P>
 <H2><A HREF="#toc3" NAME="sect3">Return Value</A></H2>
 <P>On success, 0 is returned. On error, a non-zero error code is
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ returned.
 <A HREF="#toc5" NAME="sect5">Author</A></H2>
 <P>Xavier Leroy &lt;Xavier.Leroy@inria.fr&gt; 
 </P>
+<P>Modified by Ross Johnson for use with Pthreads-w32.</P>
 <H2><A HREF="#toc6" NAME="sect6">See Also</A></H2>
 <P><A HREF="pthread_create.html"><B>pthread_create</B>(3)</A> ,
 <A HREF="pthread_join.html"><B>pthread_join</B>(3)</A> ,
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