specify that getuid() returns the real uid (closes #10503)

Patch by εσχατοκυριος.

diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
index 2149ae5fa94c88b0c5720e3adf3576d44bf6df39..71133c416433e9431692a45039928ddaf94d02da 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ process and user.
 
    .. index:: single: user; id
 
-   Return the current process's user id.
+   Return the current process's real user id.
 
    Availability: Unix.