Document number of inputs for alternatives.

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@@ -184,7 +184,10 @@ directly by the GPU) that instead. The scaling is set up like this::
   -- Or by numerical index:
   input0_scaled:choose(1)  -- Chooses ResizeEffect
 
-Note that add_effect returns its input for convenience.
+Note that add_effect returns its input for convenience. All alternatives must
+have the same amount of inputs, with an exception for IdentityEffect, which can
+coexist with an effect requiring any amount of inputs (if selected, the IdentityEffect
+just passes its first input unchanged).
 
 Actually, add_optional_effect() is just a wrapper around add_effect() with
 IdentityEffect as the other alternative, and disable() is a convenience version of