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diff --git a/winsup/doc/utils.xml b/winsup/doc/utils.xml index 659541f00..0b9e38549 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/utils.xml +++ b/winsup/doc/utils.xml @@ -2240,9 +2240,10 @@ specifying an empty password. <refsect1 id="profiler-desc"> <title>Description</title> - <para>The <command>profiler</command> utility executes a given program, and - optionally the children of that program, collecting the location of the - CPU instruction pointer (IP) many times per second. This gives a profile + <para>The <command>profiler</command> utility executes a given program and + any children of that program, collecting the location of the CPU + instruction pointer (IP) many times per second. (It is optional to + collect this info from child processes.) This info gives a profile of the program's execution, showing where the most time is being spent. This profiling technique is called "IP sampling".</para> |