From 7ecbc19e09a73ab426cbc2f48b11df753961b2e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Neal Norwitz <nnorwitz@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 05:47:38 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] SF Bug #1008310, os.major() os.minor() example and
 description change.  Will backport.

---
 Doc/lib/libos.tex | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Doc/lib/libos.tex b/Doc/lib/libos.tex
index 3662a46f77a..631f241c6f4 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libos.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libos.tex
@@ -843,12 +843,14 @@ defines the newly created device special file (probably using
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{major}{device}
-Extracts a device major number from a raw device number.
+Extracts the device major number from a raw device number (usually
+the \member{st_dev} or \member{st_rdev} field from \ctype{stat}).
 \versionadded{2.3}
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{minor}{device}
-Extracts a device minor number from a raw device number.
+Extracts the device minor number from a raw device number (usually
+the \member{st_dev} or \member{st_rdev} field from \ctype{stat}).
 \versionadded{2.3}
 \end{funcdesc}