diff --git a/content/shmem_malloc.tex b/content/shmem_malloc.tex
index 35e845bfd..18697cb21 100644
--- a/content/shmem_malloc.tex
+++ b/content/shmem_malloc.tex
@@ -43,11 +43,16 @@
     \CONST{NULL} pointer, the block to which it points is freed. If the space cannot
     be allocated, the block to which \VAR{ptr} points is unchanged.
     
-    The \FUNC{shmem\_malloc}, \FUNC{shmem\_free}, and \FUNC{shmem\_realloc} routines
+    The \FUNC{shmem\_malloc}, \FUNC{shmem\_align}, \FUNC{shmem\_free}, and \FUNC{shmem\_realloc} routines
     are provided  so that multiple \ac{PE}s in a program can allocate symmetric,
     remotely accessible memory blocks.  These memory blocks can then be used with
-    \openshmem communication routines.  Each of these routines call the
-    \FUNC{shmem\_barrier\_all} routine before returning; this ensures that all
+    \openshmem communication routines.  Each of these routines include at least one
+    call to a procedure that is semantically equivalent to \FUNC{shmem\_barrier\_all}:
+    \FUNC{shmem\_malloc} and \FUNC{shmem\_align} call a
+    barrier on exit; \FUNC{shmem\_free} calls a barrier on entry; and
+    \FUNC{shmem\_realloc} may call barriers on both entry and exit, depending on
+    whether an existing allocation is modified and whether new memory is allocated.
+    This ensures that all
     \ac{PE}s participate in the memory allocation, and that the memory on other
     \ac{PE}s can be used as  soon as the local \ac{PE} returns.  The user is
     responsible for calling these routines with identical argument(s) on all