From 8ecea33c16b6f3241a70d57f4778b0b64875fe74 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Levine <_@thomaslevine.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 16:50:18 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] docs on order

---
 readme.md | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 1fb1e5c..795267c 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -121,14 +121,15 @@ Files are only run if they are executable, and files beginning with `.` are
 ignored. Thus, fixtures and libraries can be included sloppily within the test
 directory tree. The test passes if the file exits 0; otherwise, it fails.
 
-Tests files and subdirectories are run in ASCIIbetical order within each
-directory; that is,
 urchin looks for files within a directory in the following manner.
 
     for file in *; do
       do_something_with_test_file $file
     done
 
+`*` usually returns files in ASCIIbetical order. On at least some GNU
+systems, it returns files in alphabetic order.
+
 ### Writing cross-shell compatibility tests for testing shell code
 
 While you could write your test scripts to explicitly invoke the functionality