diff --git a/gcc/jit/docs/topics/contexts.rst b/gcc/jit/docs/topics/contexts.rst
index 1dd4685..78bcb71 100644
--- a/gcc/jit/docs/topics/contexts.rst
+++ b/gcc/jit/docs/topics/contexts.rst
@@ -313,6 +313,10 @@ String Options
 
    .. type:: enum gcc_jit_str_option
 
+   The parameter ``value`` can be NULL.   If non-NULL, the call takes a
+   copy of the underlying string, so it is valid to pass in a pointer to
+   an on-stack buffer.
+
    There is just one string option specified this way:
 
    .. macro:: GCC_JIT_STR_OPTION_PROGNAME
diff --git a/gcc/jit/docs/topics/expressions.rst b/gcc/jit/docs/topics/expressions.rst
index 621991f..c12a378 100644
--- a/gcc/jit/docs/topics/expressions.rst
+++ b/gcc/jit/docs/topics/expressions.rst
@@ -122,6 +122,9 @@ Simple expressions
    Generate an rvalue for the given NIL-terminated string, of type
    :c:data:`GCC_JIT_TYPE_CONST_CHAR_PTR`.
 
+   The parameter ``value`` must be non-NULL.  The call takes a copy of the
+   underlying string, so it is valid to pass in a pointer to an on-stack
+   buffer.
 
 Unary Operations
 ****************
@@ -466,6 +469,10 @@ Global variables
 
    Add a new global variable of the given type and name to the context.
 
+   The parameter ``name`` must be non-NULL.  The call takes a copy of the
+   underlying string, so it is valid to pass in a pointer to an on-stack
+   buffer.
+
    The "kind" parameter determines the visibility of the "global" outside
    of the :c:type:`gcc_jit_result`:
 
diff --git a/gcc/jit/docs/topics/functions.rst b/gcc/jit/docs/topics/functions.rst
index 94db471..f2f8f34 100644
--- a/gcc/jit/docs/topics/functions.rst
+++ b/gcc/jit/docs/topics/functions.rst
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ Params
    In preparation for creating a function, create a new parameter of the
    given type and name.
 
+   The parameter ``name`` must be non-NULL.  The call takes a copy of the
+   underlying string, so it is valid to pass in a pointer to an on-stack
+   buffer.
+
 Parameters are lvalues, and thus are also rvalues (and objects), so the
 following upcasts are available:
 
@@ -111,6 +115,10 @@ Functions
          above 0; when optimization is off, this is essentially the
          same as GCC_JIT_FUNCTION_INTERNAL.
 
+   The parameter ``name`` must be non-NULL.  The call takes a copy of the
+   underlying string, so it is valid to pass in a pointer to an on-stack
+   buffer.
+
 .. function::  gcc_jit_function *\
                gcc_jit_context_get_builtin_function (gcc_jit_context *ctxt,\
                                                      const char *name)
@@ -140,6 +148,9 @@ Functions
    Create a new local variable within the function, of the given type and
    name.
 
+   The parameter ``name`` must be non-NULL.  The call takes a copy of the
+   underlying string, so it is valid to pass in a pointer to an on-stack
+   buffer.
 
 Blocks
 ------
@@ -166,7 +177,17 @@ Blocks
    Create a basic block of the given name.  The name may be NULL, but
    providing meaningful names is often helpful when debugging: it may
    show up in dumps of the internal representation, and in error
-   messages.
+   messages.  It is copied, so the input buffer does not need to outlive
+   the call; you can pass in a pointer to an on-stack buffer, e.g.:
+
+   .. code-block:: c
+
+     for (pc = 0; pc < fn->fn_num_ops; pc++)
+      {
+        char buf[16];
+        sprintf (buf, "instr%i", pc);
+        state.op_blocks[pc] = gcc_jit_function_new_block (state.fn, buf);
+      }
 
 .. function::  gcc_jit_object *\
                gcc_jit_block_as_object (gcc_jit_block *block)
@@ -252,6 +273,17 @@ Statements
    and thus may be of use when debugging how your project's internal
    representation gets converted to the libgccjit IR.
 
+   The parameter ``text`` must be non-NULL.  It is copied, so the input
+   buffer does not need to outlive the call.  For example:
+
+   .. code-block:: c
+
+     char buf[100];
+     snprintf (buf, sizeof (buf),
+               "op%i: %s",
+               pc, opcode_names[op->op_opcode]);
+     gcc_jit_block_add_comment (block, loc, buf);
+
 .. function:: void\
               gcc_jit_block_end_with_conditional (gcc_jit_block *block,\
                                                   gcc_jit_location *loc,\
diff --git a/gcc/jit/docs/topics/locations.rst b/gcc/jit/docs/topics/locations.rst
index 58a76b6..e5e9273 100644
--- a/gcc/jit/docs/topics/locations.rst
+++ b/gcc/jit/docs/topics/locations.rst
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ Source Locations
    Create a `gcc_jit_location` instance representing the given source
    location.
 
+   The parameter ``filename`` must be non-NULL.  The call takes a copy of
+   the underlying string, so it is valid to pass in a pointer to an
+   on-stack buffer.
+
 Faking it
 ---------
 If you don't have source code for your internal representation, but need
diff --git a/gcc/jit/docs/topics/types.rst b/gcc/jit/docs/topics/types.rst
index fa7aea6..5bfba72 100644
--- a/gcc/jit/docs/topics/types.rst
+++ b/gcc/jit/docs/topics/types.rst
@@ -180,6 +180,10 @@ You can model C `struct` types by creating :c:type:`gcc_jit_struct *` and
 
    Construct a new field, with the given type and name.
 
+   The parameter ``name`` must be non-NULL.  The call takes a copy of the
+   underlying string, so it is valid to pass in a pointer to an on-stack
+   buffer.
+
 .. function:: gcc_jit_object *\
               gcc_jit_field_as_object (gcc_jit_field *field)
 
@@ -194,6 +198,10 @@ You can model C `struct` types by creating :c:type:`gcc_jit_struct *` and
 
      Construct a new struct type, with the given name and fields.
 
+     The parameter ``name`` must be non-NULL.  The call takes a copy of
+     the underlying string, so it is valid to pass in a pointer to an
+     on-stack buffer.
+
 .. function:: gcc_jit_struct *\
               gcc_jit_context_new_opaque_struct (gcc_jit_context *ctxt,\
                                                  gcc_jit_location *loc,\
@@ -204,6 +212,10 @@ You can model C `struct` types by creating :c:type:`gcc_jit_struct *` and
      size of the struct is not known), or later specified using
      :c:func:`gcc_jit_struct_set_fields`.
 
+     The parameter ``name`` must be non-NULL.  The call takes a copy of
+     the underlying string, so it is valid to pass in a pointer to an
+     on-stack buffer.
+
 .. function:: gcc_jit_type *\
               gcc_jit_struct_as_type (gcc_jit_struct *struct_type)
 
