* this process. Note that the library does not check for this condition,
* the caller must ensure it explicitly.
*
- * If the mapsize is changed by another process, #mdb_txn_begin() will
+ * The new size takes effect immediately for the current process but
+ * will not be persisted to any others until a write transaction has been
+ * committed by the current process. Also, only mapsize increases are
+ * persisted into the environment.
+ *
+ * If the mapsize is increased by another process, and data has grown
+ * beyond the range of the current mapsize, #mdb_txn_begin() will
* return #MDB_MAP_RESIZED. This function may be called with a size
* of zero to adopt the new size.
*