[3.7] bpo-33573: docs to suggest median() alternatives for non-numeric data (GH-7587) (GH-7906)
(cherry picked from commit fdd6e0bf18517c3dc5e24c48fbfe890229fad1b5)
diff --git a/Doc/library/statistics.rst b/Doc/library/statistics.rst
index bc38178..26bb592 100644
--- a/Doc/library/statistics.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/statistics.rst
@@ -169,6 +169,10 @@
This is suited for when your data is discrete, and you don't mind that the
median may not be an actual data point.
+ If your data is ordinal (supports order operations) but not numeric (doesn't
+ support addition), you should use :func:`median_low` or :func:`median_high`
+ instead.
+
.. seealso:: :func:`median_low`, :func:`median_high`, :func:`median_grouped`