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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index f42e73670..206f8dd82 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -13533,8 +13533,10 @@ If no arguments are given, @command{nice} prints the current niceness. Otherwise, @command{nice} runs the given @var{command} with its niceness adjusted. By default, its niceness is incremented by 10. -Nicenesses range at least from @minus{}20 (resulting in the most -favorable scheduling) through 19 (the least favorable). Some systems +Niceness values range at least from @minus{}20 (process has high priority +and gets more resources, thus slowing down other processes) through 19 +(process has lower priority and runs slowly itself, but has less impact +on the speed of other running processes). Some systems may have a wider range of nicenesses; conversely, other systems may enforce more restrictive limits. An attempt to set the niceness outside the supported range is treated as an attempt to use the |