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diff --git a/usr/src/man/man3malloc/umem_alloc.3malloc b/usr/src/man/man3malloc/umem_alloc.3malloc
index cc8e3df369..d8680ca083 100644
--- a/usr/src/man/man3malloc/umem_alloc.3malloc
+++ b/usr/src/man/man3malloc/umem_alloc.3malloc
@@ -174,6 +174,19 @@ Set the underlying function used to allocate memory. This option can be set to
\fBmmap\fR(2)-based source. If set to a value that is not supported, \fBsbrk\fR
will be used.
.RE
+.sp
+.ne 2
+.na
+\fB\fBperthread_cache\fR=\fBsize\fR\fR
+.ad
+.RS 16n
+libumem allows for each thread to cache recently freed small allocations for
+future allocations. The size argument, which accepts k, m, g, and t, suffixes
+denotes the maximum amount of memory each thread can use for this purpose. The
+default amount used is 1 MB. Any buffers in the per-thread cache are freed when
+the thread exits. The efficacy of the per-thread cache can be determined with
+the \fB::umastat\fR \fBmdb\fR(1) \fIdcmd\fR debugger command.
+.RE
.ne 2
.na