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@@ -475,9 +475,11 @@ elements.
To remove a specific element matching @var{key} from the tree
@code{tdelete} can be used. It locates the matching element using the
same method as @code{tfind}. The corresponding element is then removed
-and the data if this tree node is returned by the function. If there is
-no matching entry in the tree nothing can be deleted and the function
-returns @code{NULL}.
+and a pointer to the parent of the deleted node is returned by the
+function. If there is no matching entry in the tree nothing can be
+deleted and the function returns @code{NULL}. If the root of the tree
+is deleted @code{tdelete} returns some unspecified value not equal to
+@code{NULL}.
@end deftypefun
@comment search.h