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-rw-r--r--Documentation/timers/timer_stats.txt6
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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: