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Subject: [3.14] gh-63207: Update `time.time` documentation after GH-116822 (GH-136068) (#136138)
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[3.14] gh-63207: Update `time.time` documentation after GH-116822 (GH-136068) (#136138)

gh-63207: Update `time.time` documentation after GH-116822 (GH-136068)
(cherry picked from commit 486587da42dc2beda1e7807c35678f181b57a60f)

Co-authored-by: Stan Ulbrych <89152624+StanFromIreland@users.noreply.github.com>
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diff --git a/Doc/library/time.rst b/Doc/library/time.rst
index 542493a82af9..29b695a9b193 100644
--- a/Doc/library/time.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/time.rst
@@ -712,13 +712,18 @@ Functions
 
    Clock:
 
-   * On Windows, call ``GetSystemTimeAsFileTime()``.
+   * On Windows, call ``GetSystemTimePreciseAsFileTime()``.
    * Call ``clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME)`` if available.
    * Otherwise, call ``gettimeofday()``.
 
    Use :func:`time_ns` to avoid the precision loss caused by the :class:`float`
    type.
 
+.. versionchanged:: 3.13
+
+   On Windows, calls ``GetSystemTimePreciseAsFileTime()`` instead of
+   ``GetSystemTimeAsFileTime()``.
+
 
 .. function:: time_ns() -> int