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@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ specified, <tt>bugpoint</tt> enters "code generator debugging mode".
 <h4>Crash debugging mode</h4>
 
 If a pass crashes, bugpoint will try to narrow down the list of passes and the
-code to a more manageable amount.
+code to a more manageable amount. Using a sophisticated binary-search algorithm,
+<tt>bugpoint</tt> pares down the list of passes to a minimum set.
 [unfinished]
 
 <h4>Miscompilation debugging mode</h4>