Improve docs for random.seed()
diff --git a/Doc/library/random.rst b/Doc/library/random.rst
index df502a0..677090a 100644
--- a/Doc/library/random.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/random.rst
@@ -63,8 +63,11 @@
If *a* is an int, it is used directly.
With version 2 (the default), a :class:`str`, :class:`bytes`, or :class:`bytearray`
- object gets converted to an :class:`int` and all of its bits are used. With version 1,
- the :func:`hash` of *a* is used instead.
+ object gets converted to an :class:`int` and all of its bits are used.
+
+ With version 1 (provided for reproducing random sequences from older versions
+ of Python), the algorithm for :class:`str` and :class:`bytes` generates a
+ narrower range of seeds.
.. versionchanged:: 3.2
Moved to the version 2 scheme which uses all of the bits in a string seed.
diff --git a/Lib/random.py b/Lib/random.py
index 06513c8..4efbb0a 100644
--- a/Lib/random.py
+++ b/Lib/random.py
@@ -96,11 +96,13 @@
None or no argument seeds from current time or from an operating
system specific randomness source if available.
- For version 2 (the default), all of the bits are used if *a* is a str,
- bytes, or bytearray. For version 1, the hash() of *a* is used instead.
-
If *a* is an int, all bits are used.
+ For version 2 (the default), all of the bits are used if *a* is a str,
+ bytes, or bytearray. For version 1 (provided for reproducing random
+ sequences from older versions of Python), the algorithm for str and
+ bytes generates a narrower range of seeds.
+
"""
if a is None: