diff --git a/ev.3 b/ev.3
index ba07a61..d9628a2 100644
--- a/ev.3
+++ b/ev.3
@@ -460,8 +460,12 @@ Example: try to create a event loop that uses epoll and nothing else.
.IP "ev_default_destroy ()" 4
.IX Item "ev_default_destroy ()"
Destroys the default loop again (frees all memory and kernel state
-etc.). This stops all registered event watchers (by not touching them in
-any way whatsoever, although you cannot rely on this :).
+etc.). None of the active event watchers will be stopped in the normal
+sense, so e.g. \f(CW\*(C`ev_is_active\*(C'\fR might still return true. It is your
+responsibility to either stop all watchers cleanly yoursef \fIbefore\fR
+calling this function, or cope with the fact afterwards (which is usually
+the easiest thing, youc na just ignore the watchers and/or \f(CW\*(C`free ()\*(C'\fR them
+for example).
.IP "ev_loop_destroy (loop)" 4
.IX Item "ev_loop_destroy (loop)"
Like \f(CW\*(C`ev_default_destroy\*(C'\fR, but destroys an event loop created by an
diff --git a/ev.html b/ev.html
index 2a99b11..b6e3e6e 100644
--- a/ev.html
+++ b/ev.html
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
-
+
@@ -366,8 +366,12 @@ undefined behaviour (or a failed assertion if assertions are enabled).
ev_default_destroy ()
Destroys the default loop again (frees all memory and kernel state
-etc.). This stops all registered event watchers (by not touching them in
-any way whatsoever, although you cannot rely on this :).
+etc.). None of the active event watchers will be stopped in the normal
+sense, so e.g. ev_is_active might still return true. It is your
+responsibility to either stop all watchers cleanly yoursef before
+calling this function, or cope with the fact afterwards (which is usually
+the easiest thing, youc na just ignore the watchers and/or free () them
+for example).
ev_loop_destroy (loop)
diff --git a/ev.pod b/ev.pod
index ac54275..0bb2074 100644
--- a/ev.pod
+++ b/ev.pod
@@ -325,8 +325,12 @@ Example: try to create a event loop that uses epoll and nothing else.
=item ev_default_destroy ()
Destroys the default loop again (frees all memory and kernel state
-etc.). This stops all registered event watchers (by not touching them in
-any way whatsoever, although you cannot rely on this :).
+etc.). None of the active event watchers will be stopped in the normal
+sense, so e.g. C might still return true. It is your
+responsibility to either stop all watchers cleanly yoursef I
+calling this function, or cope with the fact afterwards (which is usually
+the easiest thing, youc na just ignore the watchers and/or C them
+for example).
=item ev_loop_destroy (loop)