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diff --git a/include/splay-tree.h b/include/splay-tree.h
index 0d26272..da533de 100644
--- a/include/splay-tree.h
+++ b/include/splay-tree.h
@@ -58,11 +58,18 @@ typedef struct splay_tree_node_s *splay_tree_node;
typedef int (*splay_tree_compare_fn) (splay_tree_key, splay_tree_key);
/* The type of a function used to deallocate any resources associated
- with the key. */
+ with the key. If you provide this function, the splay tree
+ will take the ownership of the memory of the splay_tree_key arg
+ of splay_tree_insert. This function is called to release the keys
+ present in the tree when calling splay_tree_delete or splay_tree_remove.
+ If splay_tree_insert is called with a key equal to a key already
+ present in the tree, the old key and old value will be released. */
typedef void (*splay_tree_delete_key_fn) (splay_tree_key);
/* The type of a function used to deallocate any resources associated
- with the value. */
+ with the value. If you provide this function, the memory of the
+ splay_tree_value arg of splay_tree_insert is managed similarly to
+ the splay_tree_key memory: see splay_tree_delete_key_fn. */
typedef void (*splay_tree_delete_value_fn) (splay_tree_value);
/* The type of a function used to iterate over the tree. */