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@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ get a pointer to a pen by using the global list of pens {\bf
 wxThePenList}, and calling the member function {\bf FindOrCreatePen}.
 See the entry for \helpref{wxPenList}{wxpenlist}.
 
+wxPen uses a reference counting system, so assignments between brushes are very
+cheap. You can therefore use actual wxPen objects instead of pointers without
+efficiency problems. Once one wxPen object changes its data it will create its
+own pen data internally so that other pens, which previously shared the
+data using the reference counting, are not affected.
+
 TODO: an overview for wxPen.
 
 \wxheading{See also}