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@@ -232,6 +232,12 @@ libnss_nisplus are not built at all.
 Use this option to enable libnsl with all depending NSS modules and
 header files.
 
+@item --disable-experimental-malloc
+By default, a per-thread cache is enabled in @code{malloc}.  While
+this cache can be disabled on a per-application basis using tunables
+(set glibc.malloc.tcache_count to zero), this option can be used to
+remove it from the build completely.
+
 @item --build=@var{build-system}
 @itemx --host=@var{host-system}
 These options are for cross-compiling.  If you specify both options and