--- a/AbstractOperatingSystem.st	Tue Dec 09 12:15:35 2003 +0100
+++ b/AbstractOperatingSystem.st	Tue Dec 09 12:16:08 2003 +0100
@@ -5372,8 +5372,9 @@
 
     "set/clear the blocking attribute - if set (which is the default)
      a read on the fileDescriptor will block until data is available.
-     If cleared, a read operation will immediately return with a value of
-     nil."
+     If cleared, a read operation will immediately return with a value of nil.
+     Also affects write operations, which may perform partial writes when
+     blocking is off"
 
     self subclassResponsibility
 !
@@ -5523,7 +5524,7 @@
 !AbstractOperatingSystem class methodsFor:'documentation'!
 
 version
-    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/AbstractOperatingSystem.st,v 1.122 2003-12-09 11:15:28 cg Exp $'
+    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/AbstractOperatingSystem.st,v 1.123 2003-12-09 11:16:03 cg Exp $'
 ! !
 
 AbstractOperatingSystem initialize!