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diff --git a/manual/math.texi b/manual/math.texi index c54eaebb65..79bf3a1401 100644 --- a/manual/math.texi +++ b/manual/math.texi @@ -560,8 +560,11 @@ These functions return the base-2 logarithm of @var{x}. @standardsx{logbfNx, TS 18661-3:2015, math.h} @safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} These functions extract the exponent of @var{x} and return it as a -floating-point value. If @code{FLT_RADIX} is two, @code{logb} is equal -to @code{floor (log2 (fabs (x)))}, except it's probably faster. +floating-point value. +If @code{FLT_RADIX} is two, +@code{logb (x)} is similar to @code{floor (log2 (fabs (x)))}, +except that the latter may give an incorrect integer +due to intermediate rounding. If @var{x} is de-normalized, @code{logb} returns the exponent @var{x} would have if it were normalized. If @var{x} is infinity (positive or |