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diff --git a/src/support/TempFile.h b/src/support/TempFile.h
index b99ee756a1..16efede3ab 100644
--- a/src/support/TempFile.h
+++ b/src/support/TempFile.h
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ class FileName;
  * The file is created in the constructor, and deleted in the destructor.
  * You may do anything with the file (including deletion), but the instance
  * of this class must stay alive as long as the file is needed.
+ * There is only one exception to this rule:
+ * If the file is supposed to be used by a different process then you need
+ * to be aware of OS specific file locking semantics: On windows, the file
+ * is opened with exclusive rights for the process which opened it. This
+ * is not the case on other OSes. Therefore, if the file is supposed to be
+ * used by a different process you need to sometheing similar to TempName
+ * in InsetExternal.cpp.
  */
 class TempFile {
 	/// noncopyable
@@ -33,9 +40,9 @@ class TempFile {
 public:
 	/**
 	 *Create a temporary file with the given mask.
-	 * \p mask must be in filesystem encoding, if it contains a
-	 * relative path, the template file will be created in the global
-	 * temporary directory as given by 'package().temp_dir()'.
+	 * \p mask must be in filesystem encoding, the template file
+	 * will be created in the global temporary directory as given
+	 * by 'package().temp_dir()'.
 	 * If the mask contains "XXXXXX" this portion will be replaced by
 	 * a uniquely generated string. If it does not contain this portion,
 	 * it will be automatically appended using a dot. Therefore, please