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diff --git a/doc/runtime.tex b/doc/runtime.tex
index 46e470e..83acd31 100644
--- a/doc/runtime.tex
+++ b/doc/runtime.tex
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ calling functions which make use of keyword arguments; see
 The header file defines two simple structure types, and a function type which
 will be described later.
 
-\begin{describe}{type}[struct kwval]
+\begin{describe}{ty}[struct kwval]
     {struct kwval \{                                            \\ \ind
        const char *kw;                                          \\
        const void *val;                                       \-\\
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ will be described later.
   the actual argument type.)
 \end{describe}
 
-\begin{describe}{type}[struct kwtab]
+\begin{describe}{ty}[struct kwtab]
     {struct kwtab \{                                            \\ \ind
        const struct kwval *v;                                   \\
        size_t n;                                              \-\\
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ call @|kw_unknown|.
   message to the standard error stream and calls \man{abort}{3}.
 \end{describe}
 
-\begin{describe}{type}[kw_unkhookfn]
+\begin{describe}{ty}[kw_unkhookfn]
     {typedef void kw_unkhookfn(const char *@<set>, const char *@<kw>);}
 
   The @|kw_unkhookfn| type is the type of unknown-keyword handler functions.
@@ -615,6 +615,13 @@ instances and classes inherit from the standard @|SodObject| root object.
 While the translator can (at some effort) support alternative roots, they
 will require different run-time support machinery.
 
+\begin{describe}{feat}{SOD_RECKLESS}
+  Some of Sod's macros include runtime checking by default.  This checking
+  can be disabled if you value performance more than early diagnosis of
+  problems.  Define @|SOD_RECKLESS| to a nonzero value before including
+  @|<sod/sod.h>| to inhibit the runtime checking.
+\end{describe}
+
 
 \subsection{Layout utilities} \label{sec:runtime.object.layout}
 
@@ -817,6 +824,10 @@ The following macro constructs an instance with automatic storage duration.
   instance should be torn down before this happens, using the
   \descref{fun}{sod_teardown}[function].  It may be appropriate to @|assert|
   that the object is ready for deallocation at this time.
+
+  By default, this macro will abort the program if the size allocated for the
+  instance doesn't match the size required by the class object; set
+  \descref{feat}{SOD_RECKLESS} to inhibit this check.
 \end{describe}
 
 \subsubsection{Dynamic allocation}
