From a04854b2dd4f8796773f8da5bc5df4dda9212388 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Victor Stinner <vstinner@python.org>
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2025 19:32:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] gh-102740: Clarify time.monotonic() "system-wide" in the
 doc

---
 Doc/library/time.rst | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Doc/library/time.rst b/Doc/library/time.rst
index 29b695a9b193d6..1aad857d13dc0d 100644
--- a/Doc/library/time.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/time.rst
@@ -306,10 +306,11 @@ Functions
    .. versionadded:: 3.3
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.5
-      The function is now always available and always system-wide.
+      The function is now always available and the clock is now the same for
+      all processes.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.10
-      On macOS, the function is now system-wide.
+      On macOS, the clock is now the same for all processes.
 
 
 .. function:: monotonic_ns() -> int

From b7bd4a390508b88b0291e73ee9b1d1697e91f0d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Victor Stinner <vstinner@python.org>
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2025 17:07:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update more text

---
 Doc/library/time.rst | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Doc/library/time.rst b/Doc/library/time.rst
index 1aad857d13dc0d..df9be68bf4f69d 100644
--- a/Doc/library/time.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/time.rst
@@ -326,7 +326,8 @@ Functions
 
    Return the value (in fractional seconds) of a performance counter, i.e. a
    clock with the highest available resolution to measure a short duration.  It
-   does include time elapsed during sleep and is system-wide.  The reference
+   does include time elapsed during sleep. The clock is the same for all
+   processes. The reference
    point of the returned value is undefined, so that only the difference between
    the results of two calls is valid.
 
@@ -341,7 +342,7 @@ Functions
    .. versionadded:: 3.3
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.10
-      On Windows, the function is now system-wide.
+      On Windows, the clock is now the same for all processes.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.13
       Use the same clock as :func:`time.monotonic`.
@@ -988,8 +989,8 @@ The following constant is the only parameter that can be sent to
 
 .. data:: CLOCK_REALTIME
 
-   System-wide real-time clock.  Setting this clock requires appropriate
-   privileges.
+   Real-time clock.  Setting this clock requires appropriate privileges.
+   The clock is the same for all processes.
 
    .. availability:: Unix.