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diff --git a/Documentation/guides/application-developer.rst b/Documentation/guides/application-developer.rst
index 442d8e6a..ce093cbe 100644
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+++ b/Documentation/guides/application-developer.rst
@@ -61,11 +61,15 @@ variable for the camera to support the event call back later:
std::shared_ptr<Camera> camera;
Create a Camera Manager instance at the beginning of the main function, and then
-start it. An application should only create a single Camera Manager instance.
+start it. An application must only create a single Camera Manager instance.
+
+The CameraManager can be stored in a unique_ptr to automate deleting the
+instance when it is no longer used, but care must be taken to ensure all
+cameras are released explicitly before this happens.
.. code:: cpp
- CameraManager *cm = new CameraManager();
+ std::unique_ptr<CameraManager> cm = std::make_unique<CameraManager>();
cm->start();
During the application initialization, the Camera Manager is started to
@@ -560,6 +564,9 @@ uses, so needs to do the following:
return 0;
+In this instance the CameraManager will automatically be deleted by the
+unique_ptr implementation when it goes out of scope.
+
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