-Do not guess branch probabilities using a randomized model.
-
-Sometimes GCC will opt to use a randomized model to guess branch
-probabilities, when none are available from either profiling feedback
-(@option{-fprofile-arcs}) or @samp{__builtin_expect}. This means that
-different runs of the compiler on the same program may produce different
-object code.
-
-In a hard real-time system, people don't want different runs of the
-compiler to produce code that has different behavior; minimizing
-non-determinism is of paramount import. This switch allows users to
-reduce non-determinism, possibly at the expense of inferior
-optimization.
+Do not guess branch probabilities using heuristics.
+
+GCC will use heuristics to guess branch probabilities if they are
+not provided by profiling feedback (@option{-fprofile-arcs}). These
+heuristics are based on the control flow graph. If some branch probabilities
+are specified by @samp{__builtin_expect}, then the heuristics will be
+used to guess branch probabilities for the rest of the control flow graph,
+taking the @samp{__builtin_expect} info into account. The interactions
+between the heuristics and @samp{__builtin_expect} can be complex, and in
+some cases, it may be useful to disable the heuristics so that the effects
+of @samp{__builtin_expect} are easier to understand.