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--- a/pod/perlhack.pod
+++ b/pod/perlhack.pod
@@ -948,6 +948,13 @@ Setting this variable skips the vrexx.t tests for OS2::REXX.
 
 This sets a variable in op/numconvert.t.
 
+=item * PERL_TEST_MEMORY
+
+Setting this variable includes the tests in F<t/bigmem/>.  This should
+be set to the number of gigabytes of memory available for testing,
+eg. C<PERL_TEST_MEMORY=4> indicates that tests that require 4GiB of
+available memory can be run safely.
+
 =back
 
 See also the documentation for the Test and Test::Harness modules, for