From: Joonas Paalasmaa <joonas.paalasmaa@wolt.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2021 14:33:54 +0000 (+0300)
Subject: Document that random.gauss is normal distribution (GH-24935)
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Document that random.gauss is normal distribution (GH-24935)
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diff --git a/Doc/library/random.rst b/Doc/library/random.rst
index 9d85c2b9958e..9f037a1a822a 100644
--- a/Doc/library/random.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/random.rst
@@ -326,9 +326,9 @@ be found in any statistics text.
 
 .. function:: gauss(mu, sigma)
 
-   Gaussian distribution.  *mu* is the mean, and *sigma* is the standard
-   deviation.  This is slightly faster than the :func:`normalvariate` function
-   defined below.
+   Normal distribution, also called the Gaussian distribution.  *mu* is the mean,
+   and *sigma* is the standard deviation.  This is slightly faster than
+   the :func:`normalvariate` function defined below.
 
    Multithreading note:  When two threads call this function
    simultaneously, it is possible that they will receive the