Merge branch 'fixes-for-v4.9-rc2' of http://git.agner.ch/git/linux-drm-fsl-dcu into...

[cascardo/linux.git] / Documentation / timers / timer_stats.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/timers/timer_stats.txt b/Documentation/timers/timer_stats.txt
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--- a/Documentation/timers/timer_stats.txt
+++ b/Documentation/timers/timer_stats.txt
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ To stop a sample period issue:
 The statistics can be retrieved by:
 # cat /proc/timer_stats
 
-The readout of /proc/timer_stats automatically disables sampling. The sampled
-information is kept until a new sample period is started. This allows multiple
-readouts.
+While sampling is enabled, each readout from /proc/timer_stats will see
+newly updated statistics. Once sampling is disabled, the sampled information
+is kept until a new sample period is started. This allows multiple readouts.
 
 Sample output of /proc/timer_stats: