Further clarify select_class

Ticket: CFE-3230 Changelog: None
cfengine · Dec 13, 2019 · e0c45b9 · e0c45b9
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diff --git a/reference/promise-types/classes.markdown b/reference/promise-types/classes.markdown
@@ -373,9 +373,11 @@ on [Negative Knowledge][classes and decisions].
 host's fully qualified domain name, the primary IP address and the UID that
 cf-agent is running under.
 
-The class is chosen deterministically (not randomly) but it is not
-possible to say which host will end up in which class in advance. Only
-that hosts will always end up in the same class every time.
+This feature is useful for decentralized dynamic grouping. The class is chosen
+deterministically (not randomly) but it is not possible to say which host will
+end up in which class in advance. Only that given stable input a host will
+always end up in the same class every time while running a given version of
+CFEngine.
 
 **Type:** `clist`