From fdf49af753b350c2cb8fdd1e5cedb4b95c6ee580 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joel Ostblom <joel.ostblom@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2020 10:54:22 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: mention why there will be fewer bins than specified in
 `maxbins`.

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 site/docs/transform/bin.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/site/docs/transform/bin.md b/site/docs/transform/bin.md
index c9fd788964..12f72e1e5a 100644
--- a/site/docs/transform/bin.md
+++ b/site/docs/transform/bin.md
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ If `bin` is `true`, default binning parameters are used. To customize binning pa
 
 ### Example: Customizing Max Bins
 
-Setting the `maxbins` parameter changes the number of output bins.
+Setting the `maxbins` parameter changes the maximum number of output bins. There will often be fewer bins since the domain get sliced at "nicely-rounded" values.
 
 <div class="vl-example" data-name="histogram_bin_change"></div>