ICU-9534 ucol_nextSortKeyPart(): do not promise uncompressed sort keys

X-SVN-Rev: 32409

diff --git a/icu4c/source/i18n/unicode/ucol.h b/icu4c/source/i18n/unicode/ucol.h
index 7edc5c528f5566429a2405d32812bca6ab89013c..f8189d10d833019e7d6030d80c9da29de6d41b61 100644 (file)
--- a/icu4c/source/i18n/unicode/ucol.h
+++ b/icu4c/source/i18n/unicode/ucol.h
@@ -943,10 +943,10 @@ ucol_getSortKey(const    UCollator    *coll,
  *  to preserve state array between calls and to provide
  *  the same type of UCharIterator set with the same string.
  *  The destination buffer provided must be big enough to store
- *  the number of requested bytes. Generated sortkey is not 
- *  compatible with sortkeys generated using ucol_getSortKey
- *  API, since we don't do any compression. If uncompressed
- *  sortkeys are required, this API can be used.
+ *  the number of requested bytes.
+ *
+ *  The generated sort key may or may not be compatible with
+ *  sort keys generated using ucol_getSortKey().
  *  @param coll The UCollator containing the collation rules.
  *  @param iter UCharIterator containing the string we need 
  *              the sort key to be calculated for.