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Check (le@{k l}).
\end{coq_example}
-User-named universes are considered rigid for unification and are never
-minimized.
+User-named universes and the anonymous universe implicitly attached to
+an explicit $Type$ are considered rigid for unification and are never
+minimized. Flexible anonymous universes can be produced with an
+underscore or by omitting the annotation to a polymorphic definition.
+
+\begin{coq_example}
+ Check (fun x => x) : Type -> Type.
+ Check (fun x => x) : Type -> Type@{_}.
+
+ Check le@{k _}.
+ Check le.
+\end{coq_example}
\subsection{\tt Unset Strict Universe Declaration.
\optindex{Strict Universe Declaration}