diff --git a/Doc/library/glob.rst b/Doc/library/glob.rst
index 25bd4b7f9a874c..6b6bf3293fee6a 100644
--- a/Doc/library/glob.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/glob.rst
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ For example, ``'[?]'`` matches the character ``'?'``.
    a string containing a path specification. *pathname* can be either absolute
    (like :file:`/usr/src/Python-1.5/Makefile`) or relative (like
    :file:`../../Tools/\*/\*.gif`), and can contain shell-style wildcards. Broken
-   symlinks are included in the results (as in the shell).
+   symlinks are included in the results (as in the shell). Whether or not the
+   results are sorted depends on the file system.
 
    If *recursive* is true, the pattern "``**``" will match any files and zero or
    more directories and subdirectories.  If the pattern is followed by an