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@@ -59,8 +59,9 @@ contained therein.   NB: There's a plan to move such to a `data` module.
 for `dashboard_entry()` to be useful (see example below).  Relying on anything
 else isn't supported.
 
-`from monitor import gamerunning` - in case a plugin needs to know if we
- think the game is running.
+`from monitor import game_running` - in case a plugin needs to know if we
+ think the game is running.  *NB: This is a function, and should be called as
+ such.  Using the bare word `game_running` will always be `True`.*
 
 `import timeout_session` - provides a method called `new_session` that creates a requests.session with a default timeout
 on all requests. Recommended to reduce noise in HTTP requests