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 2007-12-13  Peter Stephenson  <p.w.stephenson@ntlworld.com>
 
+	* 24241: Doc/Zsh/expn.yo: explain the effect of time glob
+	qualifiers better.
+
 	* 24240: Src/Zle/zle_main.c: vared didnʼt check for trailing
 	garbage on parameter names until too late.
 
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo b/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo
index 2803ae994..9fb9f2628 100644
--- a/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo
+++ b/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo
@@ -2076,8 +2076,14 @@ Files accessed more than var(n) days ago are selected by a positive var(n)
 value (tt(PLUS())var(n)).  Optional unit specifiers `tt(M)', `tt(w)',
 `tt(h)', `tt(m)' or `tt(s)' (e.g. `tt(ah5)') cause the check to be
 performed with months (of 30 days), weeks, hours, minutes or seconds
-instead of days, respectively.  For instance, `tt(echo *(ah-5))' would
-echo files accessed within the last five hours.
+instead of days, respectively.
+
+Any fractional part of the difference between the access time and the
+current part in the appropriate units is ignored in the comparison.  For
+instance, `tt(echo *(ah-5))' would echo files accessed within the last
+five hours, while `tt(echo *(ah+5))' would echo files accessed at least
+six hours ago, as times strictly between five and six hours are treated
+as five hours.
 )
 item(tt(m)[tt(Mwhms)][tt(-)|tt(PLUS())]var(n))(
 like the file access qualifier, except that it uses the file modification