Better documentation for io::Read::read() return value

Author: Elinvynia

src/libstd/io/mod.rs

@@ -517,6 +517,11 @@ pub trait Read {
     ///    reader will *always* no longer be able to produce bytes.
     /// 2. The buffer specified was 0 bytes in length.
     ///
+    /// It is not an error if the returned value `n` is smaller than the buffer size,
+    /// even when the reader is not at the end of the stream yet.
+    /// This may happen for example because fewer bytes are actually available right now
+    /// (e. g. being close to end-of-file) or because read() was interrupted by a signal.
+    ///
     /// No guarantees are provided about the contents of `buf` when this
     /// function is called, implementations cannot rely on any property of the
     /// contents of `buf` being true. It is recommended that *implementations*