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commit 56b672e92e10ac2931236dba4e452699fd0d32d1
Author: Ben Norht <ben@redfrontdoor.org>
Date:   Tue May 28 17:20:24 2013 -0400

    Doc fix for 'frexp' in arith.texi
    
    It is the magnitude of the return value which lies
    in [0.5, 1), not the return value itself.
    
    ---
    
    2013-05-28  Ben North  <ben@redfrontdoor.org>
    
    	* manual/arith.texi (frexp): It is the magnitude of the return
    	value which lies in [0.5, 1), not the return value itself.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f1afcf0..00cb5b5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-05-28  Ben North  <ben@redfrontdoor.org>
+
+	* manual/arith.texi (frexp): It is the magnitude of the return
+	value which lies in [0.5, 1), not the return value itself.
+
 2013-05-28  Adhemerval Zanella  <azanella@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
 
 	* sysdeps/powerpc/fpu/libm-test-ulps: Update.
diff --git a/manual/arith.texi b/manual/arith.texi
index ce8844e..77056c3 100644
--- a/manual/arith.texi
+++ b/manual/arith.texi
@@ -1221,8 +1221,8 @@ These functions are used to split the number @var{value}
 into a normalized fraction and an exponent.
 
 If the argument @var{value} is not zero, the return value is @var{value}
-times a power of two, and is always in the range 1/2 (inclusive) to 1
-(exclusive).  The corresponding exponent is stored in
+times a power of two, and its magnitude is always in the range 1/2
+(inclusive) to 1 (exclusive).  The corresponding exponent is stored in
 @code{*@var{exponent}}; the return value multiplied by 2 raised to this
 exponent equals the original number @var{value}.
 

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Summary of changes:
 ChangeLog         |    5 +++++
 manual/arith.texi |    4 ++--
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)


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