My point is that the 10 second wait specified in the document I linked to tends to support an interpretation of "be sure your Mac is shut down" to mean something other than "a restart is fine; we're just trying to keep it simple."
Your point wasn't lost on me; I guess the "required" 10 second wait is for a complete power drain, and it does appear to support your position.
I was pointing out, though, that Apple's own position on the issue is inconsistent, and a coupl'a second looks give me the impression that my linked doc is more recent than yours, because the former was updated on Nov. 19, 2011 and mentions Lion, whereas the latter is strictly a Snow Leopard doc.
