From 0a786221d9458aedba420a8a78d7768a7e349031 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Victor Stinner Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:10:45 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Issue #13846: Enhance time.monotonic() documentation --- Doc/library/time.rst | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) 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 -- 2.40.0