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diff --git a/doc/tclvars.n b/doc/tclvars.n
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@@ -284,8 +284,8 @@ was compiled with threads enabled.
\fBuser\fR
This identifies the
current user based on the login information available on the platform.
-This comes from the USER or LOGNAME environment variable on Unix,
-and the value from GetUserName on Windows.
+This value comes from the getuid() and getpwuid() system calls on Unix,
+and the value from the GetUserName() system call on Windows.
.TP
\fBwordSize\fR
This gives the size of the native-machine word in bytes (strictly, it