From: Stan Ulbrych <89152624+StanFromIreland@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 08:30:56 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: gh-82575: Adjust `time.get_clock_info` *adjustable* attribute doc (#135920)
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gh-82575: Adjust `time.get_clock_info` *adjustable* attribute doc (#135920)
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diff --git a/Doc/library/time.rst b/Doc/library/time.rst
index 3e6f5a97b49b..8aff2b2dc674 100644
--- a/Doc/library/time.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/time.rst
@@ -244,8 +244,8 @@ Functions
 
    The result has the following attributes:
 
-   - *adjustable*: ``True`` if the clock can be changed automatically (e.g. by
-     a NTP daemon) or manually by the system administrator, ``False`` otherwise
+   - *adjustable*: ``True`` if the clock can be set to jump forward or backward
+     in time, ``False`` otherwise. Does not refer to gradual NTP rate adjustments.
    - *implementation*: The name of the underlying C function used to get
      the clock value.  Refer to :ref:`time-clock-id-constants` for possible values.
    - *monotonic*: ``True`` if the clock cannot go backward,