1 files changed, 20 insertions, 30 deletions
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/random.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/random.xml
index dcc6d756e1..93affc3191 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/random.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/random.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <erlref>
   <header>
     <copyright>
-      <year>1996</year><year>2009</year>
+      <year>1996</year><year>2011</year>
       <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
     </copyright>
     <legalnotice>
@@ -49,9 +49,15 @@
       strong. If a strong cryptographic random number generator is needed for
       example <c>crypto:rand_bytes/1</c> could be used instead.</p>
   </description>
+  <datatypes>
+    <datatype>
+      <name name="ran"/>
+      <desc><p>The state.</p></desc>
+    </datatype>
+  </datatypes>
   <funcs>
     <func>
-      <name>seed() -> ran()</name>
+      <name name="seed" arity="0"/>
       <fsummary>Seeds random number generation with default values</fsummary>
       <desc>
         <p>Seeds random number generation with default (fixed) values
@@ -59,11 +65,8 @@
       </desc>
     </func>
    <func>
-      <name>seed(A1, A2, A3) -> undefined | ran()</name>
+      <name name="seed" arity="3"/>
       <fsummary>Seeds random number generator</fsummary>
-      <type>
-        <v>A1 = A2 = A3 = integer()</v>
-      </type>
       <desc>
         <p>Seeds random number generation with integer values in the process
           dictionary, and returns the old state.</p>
@@ -76,26 +79,23 @@
       </desc>
     </func>
     <func>
-      <name>seed({A1, A2, A3}) -> undefined | ran()</name>
+      <name name="seed" arity="1"/>
       <fsummary>Seeds random number generator</fsummary>
-      <type>
-        <v>A1 = A2 = A3 = integer()</v>
-      </type>
       <desc>
         <p>
-	<c>seed({A1, A2, A3})</c> is equivalent to <c>seed(A1, A2, A3)</c>.
+	<c>seed({<anno>A1</anno>, <anno>A2</anno>, <anno>A3</anno>})</c> is equivalent to <c>seed(<anno>A1</anno>, <anno>A2</anno>, <anno>A3</anno>)</c>.
 	</p>
       </desc>
     </func>
     <func>
-      <name>seed0() -> ran()</name>
+      <name name="seed0" arity="0"/>
       <fsummary>Return default state for random number generation</fsummary>
       <desc>
         <p>Returns the default state.</p>
       </desc>
     </func>
     <func>
-      <name>uniform()-> float()</name>
+      <name name="uniform" arity="0"/>
       <fsummary>Return a random float</fsummary>
       <desc>
         <p>Returns a random float uniformly distributed between <c>0.0</c>
@@ -103,39 +103,29 @@
       </desc>
     </func>
     <func>
-      <name>uniform(N) -> integer()</name>
+      <name name="uniform" arity="1"/>
       <fsummary>Return a random integer</fsummary>
-      <type>
-        <v>N = integer()</v>
-      </type>
       <desc>
-        <p>Given an integer <c>N >= 1</c>, <c>uniform/1</c> returns a
+        <p>Given an integer <c><anno>N</anno> >= 1</c>, <c>uniform/1</c> returns a
           random integer uniformly distributed between <c>1</c> and
-          <c>N</c>, updating the state in the process dictionary.</p>
+          <c><anno>N</anno></c>, updating the state in the process dictionary.</p>
       </desc>
     </func>
     <func>
-      <name>uniform_s(State0) -> {float(), State1}</name>
+      <name name="uniform_s" arity="1"/>
       <fsummary>Return a random float</fsummary>
-      <type>
-        <v>State0 = State1 = ran()</v>
-      </type>
       <desc>
         <p>Given a state, <c>uniform_s/1</c>returns a random float uniformly
           distributed between <c>0.0</c> and <c>1.0</c>, and a new state.</p>
       </desc>
     </func>
     <func>
-      <name>uniform_s(N, State0) -> {integer(), State1}</name>
+      <name name="uniform_s" arity="2"/>
       <fsummary>Return a random integer</fsummary>
-      <type>
-        <v>N = integer()</v>
-        <v>State0 = State1 = ran()</v>
-      </type>
       <desc>
-        <p>Given an integer <c>N >= 1</c> and a state, <c>uniform_s/2</c>
+        <p>Given an integer <c><anno>N</anno> >= 1</c> and a state, <c>uniform_s/2</c>
           returns a random integer uniformly distributed between <c>1</c> and
-          <c>N</c>, and a new state.</p>
+          <c><anno>N</anno></c>, and a new state.</p>
       </desc>
     </func>
   </funcs>