Index: docs/LangRef.rst
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--- docs/LangRef.rst
+++ docs/LangRef.rst
@@ -7009,7 +7009,10 @@
 to ensure that the alignment information is correct. Overestimating the
 alignment results in undefined behavior. Underestimating the alignment
 may produce less efficient code. An alignment of 1 is always safe. The
-maximum possible alignment is ``1 << 29``.
+maximum possible alignment is ``1 << 29``. An alignment value higher
+than the size of the loaded type implies memory up to the alignment
+value bytes can be safely loaded without trapping in the default
+address space.
 
 The optional ``!nontemporal`` metadata must reference a single
 metadata name ``<index>`` corresponding to a metadata node with one
@@ -7134,7 +7137,11 @@
 to ensure that the alignment information is correct. Overestimating the
 alignment results in undefined behavior. Underestimating the
 alignment may produce less efficient code. An alignment of 1 is always
-safe. The maximum possible alignment is ``1 << 29``.
+safe. The maximum possible alignment is ``1 << 29``. An alignment
+value higher than the size of thestored type implies memory up to the
+alignment value bytes can be stored to without trapping in the default
+address space. Storing to the higher bytes however may result in data
+races if another thread can access the same address.
 
 The optional ``!nontemporal`` metadata must reference a single metadata
 name ``<index>`` corresponding to a metadata node with one ``i32`` entry of