diff -r 713db33a4ebc Doc/library/time.rst --- a/Doc/library/time.rst Sat Mar 10 23:43:12 2012 +0100 +++ b/Doc/library/time.rst Wed Mar 14 22:43:38 2012 -0700 @@ -443,8 +443,8 @@ .. function:: time() - Return the time as a floating point number expressed in seconds since the epoch, - in UTC. Note that even though the time is always returned as a floating point + Return the time in seconds since the epoch as a floating point number. + Note that even though the time is always returned as a floating point number, not all systems provide time with a better precision than 1 second. While this function normally returns non-decreasing values, it can return a lower value than a previous call if the system clock has been set back between