From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 18:31:21 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: * doc/lispref/processes.texi (Accepting Output): Simplify.
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* doc/lispref/processes.texi (Accepting Output): Simplify.
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diff --git a/doc/lispref/processes.texi b/doc/lispref/processes.texi
index afda8aede83..fd6686e8828 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/processes.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/processes.texi
@@ -1870,13 +1870,13 @@ process has exited.  Therefore, although the following loop:
 @end example
 
 @noindent
-will often work, it has a race condition and can miss some output if
-@code{process-live-p} returns @code{nil} while the connection still
-contains data.  Better is to write the loop like this:
+will often read all output from @var{process}, it has a race condition
+and can miss some output if @code{process-live-p} returns @code{nil}
+while the connection still contains data.  Better is to write the loop
+like this:
 
 @example
-(while (or (accept-process-output process)
-           (process-live-p process)))
+(while (accept-process-output process))
 @end example
 
 @node Processes and Threads