Clarification to scaladoc comments for "sort".

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/src/library/scala/collection/SeqLike.scala b/src/library/scala/collection/SeqLike.scala
index 3c8eaec9a2..3b7efd11d2 100644
--- a/src/library/scala/collection/SeqLike.scala
+++ b/src/library/scala/collection/SeqLike.scala
@@ -522,9 +522,9 @@ trait SeqLike[+A, +Repr] extends IterableLike[A, Repr] { self =>
   }
 
   /** Sort the sequence according to the comparison function
-   *  <code>&lt;(e1: a, e2: a) =&gt; Boolean</code>,
-   *  which should be true iff <code>e1</code> is smaller than
-   *  <code>e2</code>.
+   *  <code>lt(e1: a, e2: a) =&gt; Boolean</code>,
+   *  which should be true iff <code>e1</code> precedes
+   *  <code>e2</code> in the desired ordering.
    *  The sort is stable. That is elements that are equal wrt `lt` appear in the
    *  same order in the sorted sequence as in the original.
    *
diff --git a/src/library/scala/collection/immutable/List.scala b/src/library/scala/collection/immutable/List.scala
index 59a5bfdf3a..c3f3ff6232 100644
--- a/src/library/scala/collection/immutable/List.scala
+++ b/src/library/scala/collection/immutable/List.scala
@@ -355,9 +355,9 @@ sealed abstract class List[+A] extends LinearSeq[A]
 
   /** <p>
    *    Sort the list according to the comparison function
-   *    <code>&lt;(e1: a, e2: a) =&gt; Boolean</code>,
-   *    which should be true iff <code>e1</code> is smaller than
-   *    <code>e2</code>.
+   *    <code>lt(e1: a, e2: a) =&gt; Boolean</code>,
+   *    which should be true iff <code>e1</code> precedes
+   *    <code>e2</code> in the desired ordering.
    *  !!! todo: move sorting to IterableLike
    *  </p>
    *