[3.13] gh-132346: Docs: Clarify that reference counts aren't stable between versions...

gh-132346: Docs: Clarify that reference counts aren't stable between versions (GH-132352)
(cherry picked from commit 3dbe02ccd3eefc48ac9fa14427bb4cdb82d1ebae)

Co-authored-by: Peter Bierma <zintensitydev@gmail.com>

diff --git a/Doc/glossary.rst b/Doc/glossary.rst
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--- a/Doc/glossary.rst
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@@ -1163,6 +1163,11 @@ Glossary
       :func:`sys.getrefcount` function to return the
       reference count for a particular object.
 
+      In :term:`CPython`, reference counts are not considered to be stable
+      or well-defined values; the number of references to an object, and how
+      that number is affected by Python code, may be different between
+      versions.
+
    regular package
       A traditional :term:`package`, such as a directory containing an
       ``__init__.py`` file.