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diff --git a/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.h b/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.h
index 991feaa795..48bc8ea3c7 100644
--- a/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.h
+++ b/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.h
@@ -51,13 +51,15 @@
  * meta-data in the object data and retrieve them when allocating a
  * new object.
  *
- * Note: the mempool implementation is not preemptable. A lcore must
- * not be interrupted by another task that uses the same mempool
- * (because it uses a ring which is not preemptable). Also, mempool
- * functions must not be used outside the DPDK environment: for
- * example, in linuxapp environment, a thread that is not created by
- * the EAL must not use mempools. This is due to the per-lcore cache
- * that won't work as rte_lcore_id() will not return a correct value.
+ * Note: the mempool implementation is not preemptible. An lcore must not be
+ * interrupted by another task that uses the same mempool (because it uses a
+ * ring which is not preemptible). Also, usual mempool functions like
+ * rte_mempool_get() or rte_mempool_put() are designed to be called from an EAL
+ * thread due to the internal per-lcore cache. Due to the lack of caching,
+ * rte_mempool_get() or rte_mempool_put() performance will suffer when called
+ * by non-EAL threads. Instead, non-EAL threads should call
+ * rte_mempool_generic_get() or rte_mempool_generic_put() with a user cache
+ * created with rte_mempool_cache_create().
  */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -654,7 +656,7 @@ typedef void (rte_mempool_ctor_t)(struct rte_mempool *, void *);
  *     when using rte_mempool_get() or rte_mempool_get_bulk() is
  *     "single-consumer". Otherwise, it is "multi-consumers".
  *   - MEMPOOL_F_NO_PHYS_CONTIG: If set, allocated objects won't
- *     necessarilly be contiguous in physical memory.
+ *     necessarily be contiguous in physical memory.
  * @return
  *   The pointer to the new allocated mempool, on success. NULL on error
  *   with rte_errno set appropriately. Possible rte_errno values include:
@@ -794,7 +796,7 @@ rte_mempool_free(struct rte_mempool *mp);
  * Add physically contiguous memory for objects in the pool at init
  *
  * Add a virtually and physically contiguous memory chunk in the pool
- * where objects can be instanciated.
+ * where objects can be instantiated.
  *
  * If the given physical address is unknown (paddr = RTE_BAD_PHYS_ADDR),
  * the chunk doesn't need to be physically contiguous (only virtually),
@@ -825,7 +827,7 @@ int rte_mempool_populate_phys(struct rte_mempool *mp, char *vaddr,
  * Add physical memory for objects in the pool at init
  *
  * Add a virtually contiguous memory chunk in the pool where objects can
- * be instanciated. The physical addresses corresponding to the virtual
+ * be instantiated. The physical addresses corresponding to the virtual
  * area are described in paddr[], pg_num, pg_shift.
  *
  * @param mp
@@ -856,7 +858,7 @@ int rte_mempool_populate_phys_tab(struct rte_mempool *mp, char *vaddr,
  * Add virtually contiguous memory for objects in the pool at init
  *
  * Add a virtually contiguous memory chunk in the pool where objects can
- * be instanciated.
+ * be instantiated.
  *
  * @param mp
  *   A pointer to the mempool structure.