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@@ -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