clarify that eps(T) is dimensionless (JuliaLang#26035)

halleysfifthinc · Feb 14, 2018 · 6a94771 · 6a94771
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@@ -761,7 +761,8 @@ realmax() = realmax(Float64)
 
 Return the *machine epsilon* of the floating point type `T` (`T = Float64` by
 default). This is defined as the gap between 1 and the next largest value representable by
-`T`, and is equivalent to `eps(one(T))`.
+`typeof(one(T))`, and is equivalent to `eps(one(T))`. (Since `eps(T)` is a
+bound on the *relative error* of `T`, it is a "dimensionless" quantity like [`one`](@ref).)
 
 ```jldoctest
 julia> eps()