--- a/scripts/ChangeLog	Tue Aug 19 13:50:15 2008 -0400
+++ b/scripts/ChangeLog	Tue Aug 19 13:52:18 2008 -0400
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2008-08-19  David Bateman  <dbateman@free.fr>
+
+	statistics/base/ranks.m: Doc fix.
+
 2008-08-08  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
 
 	* general/Makefile.in (SOURCES): Add cellidx.m to the list.

--- a/scripts/statistics/base/ranks.m	Tue Aug 19 13:50:15 2008 -0400
+++ b/scripts/statistics/base/ranks.m	Tue Aug 19 13:52:18 2008 -0400
@@ -19,11 +19,8 @@
 
 ## -*- texinfo -*-
 ## @deftypefn {Function File} {} ranks (@var{x}, @var{dim})
-## If @var{x} is a vector, return the (column) vector of ranks of
-## @var{x} adjusted for ties.
-##
-## If @var{x} is a matrix, do the above for along the first 
-## non-singleton dimension. If the optional argument @var{dim} is
+## Return the ranks of @var{x} along the first non-singleton dimension
+## adjust for ties. If the optional argument @var{dim} is
 ## given, operate along this dimension.
 ## @end deftypefn