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diff --git a/numpy/lib/arraysetops.py b/numpy/lib/arraysetops.py
index c4441d8a5..91dd96f9c 100644
--- a/numpy/lib/arraysetops.py
+++ b/numpy/lib/arraysetops.py
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ def unique(ar, return_index=False, return_inverse=False):
unique : ndarray
The sorted unique values.
unique_indices : ndarray, optional
- The indices of the unique values in the (flattened) original array.
- Only provided if `return_index` is True.
+ The indices of the first occurrences of the unique values in the
+ (flattened) original array. Only provided if `return_index` is True.
unique_inverse : ndarray, optional
The indices to reconstruct the (flattened) original array from the
unique array. Only provided if `return_inverse` is True.
@@ -174,7 +174,10 @@ def unique(ar, return_index=False, return_inverse=False):
return ar
if return_inverse or return_index:
- perm = ar.argsort()
+ if return_index:
+ perm = ar.argsort(kind='mergesort')
+ else:
+ perm = ar.argsort()
aux = ar[perm]
flag = np.concatenate(([True], aux[1:] != aux[:-1]))
if return_inverse: