diff -up wrk/doc/bc.1.wrk wrk/doc/bc.1

--- wrk/doc/bc.1.wrk	2013-10-02 13:36:52.066295450 +0200

+++ wrk/doc/bc.1	2013-10-02 13:35:22.738553712 +0200

@@ -174,6 +174,8 @@ The result of the expression is the sum

 The result of the expression is the difference of the two expressions.

 .IP "expr * expr"

 The result of the expression is the product of the two expressions.

+If a and b are the scales of the two expressions, then the scale of the result is:

+min(a+b,max(scale,a,b))

 .IP "expr / expr"

 The result of the expression is the quotient of the two expressions.

 The scale of the result is the value of the variable \fBscale\fR.

diff -up wrk/doc/bc.texi.wrk wrk/doc/bc.texi

--- wrk/doc/bc.texi.wrk	2013-10-02 13:17:01.743765518 +0200

+++ wrk/doc/bc.texi	2013-10-02 13:21:04.479870656 +0200

@@ -290,6 +290,8 @@ The result of the expression is the diff

 @item expr * expr

 The result of the expression is the product of the two expressions.

+If a and b are the scales of the two expressions, then the scale of the result is:

+min(a+b,max(@var{scale},a,b))

 @item expr / expr

 The result of the expression is the quotient of the two expressions.