Clarify docs for os.path.getctime on Unix: it is the inode (metadata) change time

diff --git a/Doc/library/os.path.rst b/Doc/library/os.path.rst
index c84aaf29e1016e87ae9a4ae5fa0b3f91bf83b255..e9b98132e8a9c5d4d28f2d89e3e1033dcd5f8c5b 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/library/os.path.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.path.rst
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.)
 .. function:: getctime(path)
 
    Return the system's ctime which, on some systems (like Unix) is the time of the
-   last change, and, on others (like Windows), is the creation time for *path*.
+   last metadata change, and, on others (like Windows), is the creation time for *path*.
    The return value is a number giving the number of seconds since the epoch (see
    the  :mod:`time` module).  Raise :exc:`os.error` if the file does not exist or
    is inaccessible.