Updated conf_ref to reflect change in fastestmirror behavior

doc/conf_ref.rst

@@ -953,7 +953,10 @@ configuration.
 ``fastestmirror``
     :ref:`boolean <boolean-label>`
 
-    If enabled a metric is used to find the fastest available mirror. This overrides the order provided by the mirrorlist/metalink file itself. This file is often dynamically generated by the server to provide the best download speeds and enabling fastestmirror overrides this. The default is False.
+    If enabled, TCP socket latency is used to find the closest available mirror.
+    A mirror is then selected at random with less than twice the lowest latency for load balancing purposes.
+    This overrides the order provided by the mirrorlist/metalink file itself,
+    and does not take into consideration mirrorlist parameters such as mirror bandwidth nor preferred mirrors for client IP addresses.
 
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