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diff --git a/absl/strings/str_format.h b/absl/strings/str_format.h
index da3208e..0b93c28 100644
--- a/absl/strings/str_format.h
+++ b/absl/strings/str_format.h
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
// The `str_format` library is a typesafe replacement for the family of
// `printf()` string formatting routines within the `<cstdio>` standard library
// header. Like the `printf` family, the `str_format` uses a "format string" to
-// perform argument substitutions based on types.
+// perform argument substitutions based on types. See the `FormatSpec` section
+// below for format string documentation.
//
// Example:
//
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@
// In addition, the `str_format` library provides extension points for
// augmenting formatting to new types. These extensions are fully documented
// within the `str_format_extension.h` header file.
+
#ifndef ABSL_STRINGS_STR_FORMAT_H_
#define ABSL_STRINGS_STR_FORMAT_H_
@@ -211,6 +213,11 @@ class FormatCountCapture {
// written to this point. The resulting value must be captured within an
// `absl::FormatCountCapture` type.
//
+// Implementation-defined behavior:
+// * A null pointer provided to "%s" or "%p" is output as "(nil)".
+// * A non-null pointer provided to "%p" is output in hex as if by %#x or
+// %#lx.
+//
// NOTE: `o`, `x\X` and `u` will convert signed values to their unsigned
// counterpart before formatting.
//
@@ -226,7 +233,7 @@ class FormatCountCapture {
// "%e", .01 -> "1.00000e-2"
// "%a", -3.0 -> "-0x1.8p+1"
// "%g", .01 -> "1e-2"
-// "%p", *int -> "0x7ffdeb6ad2a4"
+// "%p", (void*)&value -> "0x7ffdeb6ad2a4"
//
// int n = 0;
// std::string s = absl::StrFormat(