From: Victor Stinner <victor.stinner@haypocalc.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 23:10:45 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Issue #13846: Enhance time.monotonic() documentation
X-Git-Tag: v3.3.0a1~81^2
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0a786221d9458aedba420a8a78d7768a7e349031;p=python

Issue #13846: Enhance time.monotonic() documentation
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diff --git a/Doc/library/time.rst b/Doc/library/time.rst
index 0412e157ff..817f5a510c 100644
--- a/Doc/library/time.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/time.rst
@@ -228,8 +228,9 @@ The module defines the following functions and data items:
 
 .. function:: monotonic()
 
-   Monotonic clock.  The reference point of the returned value is undefined so
-   only the difference of consecutive calls is valid.
+   Monotonic non-decreasing clock. The clock is not related to the system clock
+   and cannot go backward.  The reference point of the returned
+   value is undefined so only the difference of consecutive calls is valid.
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.3