@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@ built-in checks that are present in the language.
The presence of such documentation is requested by MISRA C:2012 Directive 4.1,
whose headline states: "Run-time failures shall be minimized".
+The ECLAIR checker for MISRA C:2012 Directive 4.1 requires the documentation
+to be supplied using the following format:
+
+``Documentation for MISRA C:2012 Dir 4.1: <category> <description>``
+
+The matched categories are the ones listed below (e.g., ``overflow`` and
+``unexpected wrapping``). The content of the description is not checked and can
+span multiple lines.
Documentation for MISRA C:2012 Dir 4.1: overflow
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