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@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ Over time, I'm planning to add support for multiple AVR MCUs, however that
 may end up requiring more memory, so extensive of use of define macros will
 likely end up being the end result.
 
+Parity calculations are done in hardware automatically, so there are no
+functions written to interface with the serial error flags as the end user
+will know more about exception and error handling for their application.
+
 **2023-02-18:**
 Support for using external crystal oscillators was added to the makefile.
 Using a 14.7456Mhz crystal allows for reduced error rates when using