display.texi (Optional Mode Line): Make the description of load-average

 more accurate.

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
index 6f1f706fb58..ffaeafad015 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2010-12-04  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
 
+        * display.texi (Optional Mode Line): Make the description of
+        load-average more accurate.
+
         * msdog.texi (Windows HOME): Mention that HOME can also be set in the
         registry, with a cross-reference.
         (Windows Startup): New node.  Move the stuff about the current
diff --git a/doc/emacs/display.texi b/doc/emacs/display.texi
index 7946a451c54..cc251f2cc8e 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/display.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/display.texi
@@ -1007,11 +1007,12 @@ their parentheses.  It looks like this:
 @noindent
 @vindex display-time-24hr-format
 Here @var{hh} and @var{mm} are the hour and minute, followed always by
-@samp{am} or @samp{pm}.  @var{l.ll} is the average number of running
-processes in the whole system recently.  (Some fields may be missing if
-your operating system cannot support them.)  If you prefer time display
-in 24-hour format, set the variable @code{display-time-24hr-format}
-to @code{t}.
+@samp{am} or @samp{pm}.  @var{l.ll} is the average number, collected
+for the last few minutes, of processes in the whole system that were
+either running or ready to run (i.e.@: were waiting for an available
+processor).  (Some fields may be missing if your operating system
+cannot support them.)  If you prefer time display in 24-hour format,
+set the variable @code{display-time-24hr-format} to @code{t}.
 
 @cindex mail (on mode line)
 @vindex display-time-use-mail-icon