[commit: ghc] master: Data.List.isSubsequenceOf documentation clarification (e2d9821)

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commit e2d9821bf611da389df7ab8826b957d37351c29d
Author: Justin Raymond <justin.raymond.14 at gmail.com>
Date:   Mon Nov 16 17:05:36 2015 +0100

    Data.List.isSubsequenceOf documentation clarification
    
    Fixes #11083.
    
    Reviewers: austin, hvr, bgamari
    
    Reviewed By: bgamari
    
    Subscribers: thomie
    
    Differential Revision: https://phabricator.haskell.org/D1477
    
    GHC Trac Issues: #11083


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e2d9821bf611da389df7ab8826b957d37351c29d
 libraries/base/Data/List.hs | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libraries/base/Data/List.hs b/libraries/base/Data/List.hs
index ab85cf4..693c0dd 100644
--- a/libraries/base/Data/List.hs
+++ b/libraries/base/Data/List.hs
@@ -219,8 +219,9 @@ import Data.OldList hiding ( all, and, any, concat, concatMap, elem, find,
 
 import GHC.Base ( Bool(..), Eq((==)), otherwise )
 
--- | The 'isSubsequenceOf' function takes two lists and returns 'True' if the
--- first list is a subsequence of the second list.
+-- | The 'isSubsequenceOf' function takes two lists and returns 'True' if all
+-- the elements of the first list occur, in order, in the second. The
+-- elements do not have to occur consecutively.
 --
 -- @'isSubsequenceOf' x y@ is equivalent to @'elem' x ('subsequences' y)@.
 --