diff --git a/doc/ref/api-compound.texi b/doc/ref/api-compound.texi
index c551c4d10..5ecaca42a 100644
--- a/doc/ref/api-compound.texi
+++ b/doc/ref/api-compound.texi
@@ -2342,21 +2342,13 @@ the danger of a deadlock.  In a multi-threaded program, you will need
 additional synchronization to avoid modifying reserved arrays.)
 
 You must take care to always unreserve an array after reserving it,
-also in the presence of non-local exits.  To simplify this, reserving
-and unreserving work like a dynwind context (@pxref{Dynamic Wind}): a
-call to @code{scm_array_get_handle} can be thought of as beginning a
-dynwind context and @code{scm_array_handle_release} as ending it.
-When a non-local exit happens between these two calls, the array is
-implicitely unreserved.
+even in the presence of non-local exits.  If a non-local exit can
+happen between these two calls, you should install a dynwind context
+that releases the array when it is left (@pxref{Dynamic Wind}).
 
-That is, you need to properly pair reserving and unreserving in your
-code, but you don't need to worry about non-local exits.
-
-These calls and other pairs of calls that establish dynwind contexts
-need to be properly nested.  If you begin a context prior to reserving
-an array, you need to unreserve the array before ending the context.
-Likewise, when reserving two or more arrays in a certain order, you
-need to unreserve them in the opposite order.
+In addition, array reserving and unreserving must be properly
+paired.  For instance, when reserving two or more arrays in a certain
+order, you need to unreserve them in the opposite order.
 
 Once you have reserved an array and have retrieved the pointer to its
 elements, you must figure out the layout of the elements in memory.