Make --waitretry documentation clearer.

diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog
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@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2010-10-26  Giuseppe Scrivano  <gscrivano@gnu.org>
+
+       * wget.texi (Download Options): Remove unclear statement about the
+       --waitretry option.
+       Reported by: Manfred Koizar <mkoi-pg@aon.at>.
+
 2010-09-25  Merinov Nikolay  <kim.roader@gmail.com>
 
        * wget.texi (Download Options): Document --unlink option.

diff --git a/doc/wget.texi b/doc/wget.texi
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--- a/doc/wget.texi
+++ b/doc/wget.texi
@@ -841,9 +841,7 @@ If you don't want Wget to wait between @emph{every} retrieval, but only
 between retries of failed downloads, you can use this option.  Wget will
 use @dfn{linear backoff}, waiting 1 second after the first failure on a
 given file, then waiting 2 seconds after the second failure on that
-file, up to the maximum number of @var{seconds} you specify.  Therefore,
-a value of 10 will actually make Wget wait up to (1 + 2 + ... + 10) = 55
-seconds per file. 
+file, up to the maximum number of @var{seconds} you specify.
 
 By default, Wget will assume a value of 10 seconds.