[#816] Made getObservation usable to check existence

diff --git a/src/lib/stats/stats_mgr.h b/src/lib/stats/stats_mgr.h
index 66f1c89c2b5596d59e492f4521b87a33024eee82..49ab17ca7e9b7edd8255951d6ba5d3d8134c5bd1 100644 (file)
--- a/src/lib/stats/stats_mgr.h
+++ b/src/lib/stats/stats_mgr.h
@@ -246,7 +246,8 @@ public:
 
     /// @brief Returns an observation.
     ///
-    /// Used in testing only. Production code should use @ref get() method.
+    /// Used in testing only. Production code should use @ref get() method
+    /// when the value is dereferenced.
     /// Calls @ref getObservationInternal() method in a thread safe context.
     ///
     /// @param name name of the statistic
@@ -255,8 +256,8 @@ public:
 
     /// @brief Returns an observation in a thread safe context.
     ///
-    /// Used in testing only. Production code should use @ref get() method.
-    /// Should be called in a thread safe context.
+    /// Used in testing only. Production code should use @ref get() method
+    /// when the value is dereferenced. Should be called in a thread safe context.
     ///
     /// @param name name of the statistic
     /// @return Pointer to the Observation object