--- linux-2.6.31/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt.orig	2009-09-14 12:49:04.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.31/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt	2009-09-14 12:53:25.000000000 +0200
@@ -1071,8 +1071,8 @@ The "processes" line gives the number  o
 includes (but  is not limited  to) those  created by  calls to the  fork() and
 clone() system calls.
 
-The  "procs_running" line gives the  number of processes  currently running on
-CPUs.
+The "procs_running" line gives the total number of threads that are
+running or ready to run (i.e., the total number of runnable threads).
 
 The   "procs_blocked" line gives  the  number of  processes currently blocked,
 waiting for I/O to complete.