[Python-checkins] Document that random.gauss is normal distribution (GH-24935)

[rhettinger]

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/389212c5db81e6aeab660665d2c59843d8d36f8e
commit: 389212c5db81e6aeab660665d2c59843d8d36f8e
branch: master
author: Joonas Paalasmaa <joonas.paalasmaa at wolt.com>
committer: rhettinger <rhettinger at users.noreply.github.com>
date: 2021-04-20T07:33:54-07:00
summary:

Document that random.gauss is normal distribution (GH-24935)

files:
M Doc/library/random.rst

diff --git a/Doc/library/random.rst b/Doc/library/random.rst
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@@ -326,9 +326,9 @@ be found in any statistics text.
 
 .. function:: gauss(mu, sigma)
 
-   Gaussian distribution.  *mu* is the mean, and *sigma* is the standard
-   deviation.  This is slightly faster than the :func:`normalvariate` function
-   defined below.
+   Normal distribution, also called the Gaussian distribution.  *mu* is the mean,
+   and *sigma* is the standard deviation.  This is slightly faster than
+   the :func:`normalvariate` function defined below.
 
    Multithreading note:  When two threads call this function
    simultaneously, it is possible that they will receive the