@defgroup group_funcmacro_env Environment
@ingroup group_funcmacro
-The functions in this section allow to access (get) or change value of
-environment variables in a portable way. They are currently implemented under
-Win32 and POSIX-like systems (Unix).
+These functions allow access to get or change the values of environment
+variables in a portable way. They are currently implemented under Win32 and
+POSIX-like systems (Unix).
-@header{wx/utils.h}
+Remember that these functions add/change/delete environment variables of the
+current process only. Child processes copy the environment variables of the parent
+but do not share them (a wxSetEnv() in the parent process won't change the value
+returned by wxGetEnv() in the child process and viceversa).
+
+For more evoluted interprocess communication tecniques see @ref overview_ipc.
*/