getuid() returns real process id not effective (closes #22307)
diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
index 32051c0..1ab039a 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -188,10 +188,10 @@
.. function:: getlogin()
Return the name of the user logged in on the controlling terminal of the
- process. For most purposes, it is more useful to use the environment variable
- :envvar:`LOGNAME` to find out who the user is, or
- ``pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid())[0]`` to get the login name of the currently
- effective user id.
+ process. For most purposes, it is more useful to use the environment
+ variable :envvar:`LOGNAME` to find out who the user is, or
+ ``pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid())[0]`` to get the login name of the process's real
+ user id.
Availability: Unix.