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diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-qa-checks.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-qa-checks.xml
index 43cb26db4c..b4657e2ced 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-qa-checks.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-qa-checks.xml
@@ -464,6 +464,16 @@ can be found then it should be implemented.  I can't find one at the moment.
                     <filename>.text</filename> sections.
                     This situation can result in a performance impact
                     at runtime.
+                    <note><title>Tip</title>
+                       If you do experience runtime performance issues,
+                       you could try assigning "-fPIC/-fpic" to
+                       <filename>gcc</filename>.
+                    </note>
+                </para>
+
+                <para>
+                    For more information on text relocations at runtime, see
+                    <ulink url='http://www.akkadia.org/drepper/textrelocs.html'></ulink>.
                 </para>
 
                 <para>