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diff --git a/lib/dpif.c b/lib/dpif.c
index b338b332e..7151ef9fb 100644
--- a/lib/dpif.c
+++ b/lib/dpif.c
@@ -633,14 +633,6 @@ dpif_port_query_by_name(const struct dpif *dpif, const char *devname,
     return error;
 }
 
-/* Returns one greater than the maximum port number accepted in flow
- * actions. */
-uint32_t
-dpif_get_max_ports(const struct dpif *dpif)
-{
-    return dpif->dpif_class->get_max_ports(dpif);
-}
-
 /* Returns the Netlink PID value to supply in OVS_ACTION_ATTR_USERSPACE actions
  * as the OVS_USERSPACE_ATTR_PID attribute's value, for use in flows whose
  * packets arrived on port 'port_no'.
@@ -892,15 +884,19 @@ dpif_flow_put__(struct dpif *dpif, const struct dpif_flow_put *put)
 
 /* Adds or modifies a flow in 'dpif'.  The flow is specified by the Netlink
  * attribute OVS_FLOW_ATTR_KEY with types OVS_KEY_ATTR_* in the 'key_len' bytes
- * starting at 'key', and OVS_FLOW_ATTR_MASK with types of OVS_KEY_ATTR_* in the
- * 'mask_len' bytes starting at 'mask'. The associated actions are specified by
- * the Netlink attributes with types OVS_ACTION_ATTR_* in the 'actions_len'
- * bytes starting at 'actions'.
+ * starting at 'key', and OVS_FLOW_ATTR_MASK with types of OVS_KEY_ATTR_* in
+ * the 'mask_len' bytes starting at 'mask'. The associated actions are
+ * specified by the Netlink attributes with types OVS_ACTION_ATTR_* in the
+ * 'actions_len' bytes starting at 'actions'.
  *
  * - If the flow's key does not exist in 'dpif', then the flow will be added if
  *   'flags' includes DPIF_FP_CREATE.  Otherwise the operation will fail with
  *   ENOENT.
  *
+ *   The datapath may reject attempts to insert overlapping flows with EINVAL
+ *   or EEXIST, but clients should not rely on this: avoiding overlapping flows
+ *   is primarily the client's responsibility.
+ *
  *   If the operation succeeds, then 'stats', if nonnull, will be zeroed.
  *
  * - If the flow's key does exist in 'dpif', then the flow's actions will be