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diff --git a/src/wimlib.h b/src/wimlib.h
index 89d64569..7a2fad7d 100644
--- a/src/wimlib.h
+++ b/src/wimlib.h
@@ -1003,12 +1003,9 @@ enum wimlib_error_code {
 /**
  * Adds an image to a WIM file from an on-disk directory tree or NTFS volume.
  *
- * The directory tree of NTFS volume is read immediately for the purpose of
- * constructing a directory entry tree in-memory.  Also, all files are read to
- * calculate their SHA1 message digests.  However, because the directory tree
- * may contain a very large amount of data, the files themselves are not read
- * into memory permanently, and instead references to their paths saved.  The
- * files are then read on-demand if wimlib_write() or wimlib_overwrite() is
+ * The directory tree or NTFS volume is scanned immediately to load the dentry
+ * tree into memory, and file attributes and symbolic links are read.  However,
+ * actual file data is not read until wimlib_write() or wimlib_overwrite() is
  * called.
  *
  * See the manual page for the @b wimlib-imagex program for more information
@@ -1977,6 +1974,10 @@ wimlib_open_wim(const wimlib_tchar *wim_file,
  * and while abnormal termination of the program will result in extra data
  * appended to the original WIM, it should still be a valid WIM.
  *
+ * If this function completes successfully, no functions should be called on @a
+ * wim other than wimlib_free().  You must use wimlib_open_wim() to read the WIM
+ * file anew.
+ *
  * @param wim
  * 	Pointer to the ::WIMStruct for the WIM file to write.  There may have
  * 	been in-memory changes made to it, which are then reflected in the
@@ -2004,11 +2005,6 @@ wimlib_open_wim(const wimlib_tchar *wim_file,
  * @retval ::WIMLIB_ERR_RENAME
  * 	The temporary file that the WIM was written to could not be renamed to
  * 	the original filename of @a wim.
- * @retval ::WIMLIB_ERR_REOPEN
- * 	The WIM was overwritten successfully, but it could not be re-opened
- * 	read-only.  Therefore, the resources in the WIM can no longer be
- * 	accessed, so this limits the functions that can be called on @a wim
- * 	before calling wimlib_free().
  */
 extern int
 wimlib_overwrite(WIMStruct *wim, int write_flags, unsigned num_threads,