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@@ -196,9 +196,9 @@ The :mod:`uuid` module defines the following functions:
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Generate a UUID from a host ID, sequence number, and the current time
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according to :rfc:`RFC 9562, §5.1 <9562#section-5.1>`.
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- If *node* is not given, :func:`getnode` is used to obtain the hardware address.
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- If *clock_seq* is given, it is used as the sequence number; otherwise a random
+ When *node* is not specified, :func:`getnode` is used to obtain the hardware
+ address as a 48-bit positive integer. When a sequence number *clock_seq* is
+ not specified, a pseudo-random 14-bit positive integer is generated.
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14-bit sequence number is chosen.
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