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diff --git a/vendor/zerovec/src/varzerovec/vec.rs b/vendor/zerovec/src/varzerovec/vec.rs
index 031da6453..7edb48a96 100644
--- a/vendor/zerovec/src/varzerovec/vec.rs
+++ b/vendor/zerovec/src/varzerovec/vec.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use core::ops::Deref;
use super::*;
-/// A zero-copy vector for variable-width types.
+/// A zero-copy, byte-aligned vector for variable-width types.
///
/// `VarZeroVec<T>` is designed as a drop-in replacement for `Vec<T>` in situations where it is
/// desirable to borrow data from an unaligned byte slice, such as zero-copy deserialization, and
@@ -39,6 +39,20 @@ use super::*;
/// The `F` type parameter is a [`VarZeroVecFormat`] (see its docs for more details), which can be used to select the
/// precise format of the backing buffer with various size and performance tradeoffs. It defaults to [`Index16`].
///
+/// # Bytes and Equality
+///
+/// Two [`VarZeroVec`]s are equal if and only if their bytes are equal, as described in the trait
+/// [`VarULE`]. However, we do not guarantee stability of byte equality or serialization format
+/// across major SemVer releases.
+///
+/// To compare a [`Vec<T>`] to a [`VarZeroVec<T>`], it is generally recommended to use
+/// [`Iterator::eq`], since it is somewhat expensive at runtime to convert from a [`Vec<T>`] to a
+/// [`VarZeroVec<T>`] or vice-versa.
+///
+/// Prior to zerovec reaching 1.0, the precise byte representation of [`VarZeroVec`] is still
+/// under consideration, with different options along the space-time spectrum. See
+/// [#1410](https://github.com/unicode-org/icu4x/issues/1410).
+///
/// # Example
///
/// ```rust