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diff --git a/lib/Target/README.txt b/lib/Target/README.txt
index 3e5dbf6172..18cd4f66f2 100644
--- a/lib/Target/README.txt
+++ b/lib/Target/README.txt
@@ -360,3 +360,43 @@ are turned into memcpy calls at the source level. We need a "loops to memcpy"
pass.
//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+-predsimplify should transform this:
+
+void bad(unsigned x)
+{
+ if (x > 4)
+ bar(12);
+ else if (x > 3)
+ bar(523);
+ else if (x > 2)
+ bar(36);
+ else if (x > 1)
+ bar(65);
+ else if (x > 0)
+ bar(45);
+ else
+ bar(367);
+}
+
+into:
+
+void good(unsigned x)
+{
+ if (x == 4)
+ bar(523);
+ else if (x == 3)
+ bar(36);
+ else if (x == 2)
+ bar(65);
+ else if (x == 1)
+ bar(45);
+ else if (x == 0)
+ bar(367);
+ else
+ bar(12);
+}
+
+to enable further optimizations.
+
+//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//