[9.20] chg: doc: Clarify rrset-order random distribution

The randomized order of the records in the rrset is not uniform across
all permutations.  Clarify this in the documentation.

Closes #5485

Backport of MR !10909

Merge branch 'backport-ondrej/clarify-rrset-order-random-9.20' into 'bind-9.20'

See merge request isc-projects/bind9!10935
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@ -4258,7 +4258,8 @@ RRset Ordering
``--enable-fixed-rrset`` at compile time.
``random``
Records are returned in a random order.
Records are returned in a non-deterministic order. The random ordering
doesn't guarantee uniform distribution of all permutations.
``cyclic``
Records are returned in a cyclic round-robin order, rotating by one