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diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb
index c6d28b492a..e1bf005f39 100755
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb
@@ -159,28 +159,34 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc:
#
# Hello #{session[:person]}
#
- # For removing objects from the session, you can either assign a single key to nil, like <tt>session[:person] = nil</tt>, or you can
- # remove the entire session with reset_session.
+ # For removing objects from the session, you can either assign a single key to +nil+:
#
- # Sessions are stored in a browser cookie that's cryptographically signed, but unencrypted, by default. This prevents
- # the user from tampering with the session but also allows him to see its contents.
+ # # removes :person from session
+ # session[:person] = nil
#
- # Do not put secret information in session!
+ # or you can remove the entire session with +reset_session+.
+ #
+ # Sessions are stored by default in a browser cookie that's cryptographically signed, but unencrypted.
+ # This prevents the user from tampering with the session but also allows him to see its contents.
+ #
+ # Do not put secret information in cookie-based sessions!
#
# Other options for session storage are:
#
- # ActiveRecordStore: sessions are stored in your database, which works better than PStore with multiple app servers and,
- # unlike CookieStore, hides your session contents from the user. To use ActiveRecordStore, set
+ # * ActiveRecordStore - Sessions are stored in your database, which works better than PStore with multiple app servers and,
+ # unlike CookieStore, hides your session contents from the user. To use ActiveRecordStore, set
#
- # config.action_controller.session_store = :active_record_store
+ # config.action_controller.session_store = :active_record_store
#
- # in your <tt>environment.rb</tt> and run <tt>rake db:sessions:create</tt>.
+ # in your <tt>config/environment.rb</tt> and run <tt>rake db:sessions:create</tt>.
#
- # MemCacheStore: sessions are stored as entries in your memcached cache. Set the session store type in <tt>environment.rb</tt>:
+ # * MemCacheStore - Sessions are stored as entries in your memcached cache.
+ # Set the session store type in <tt>config/environment.rb</tt>:
#
- # config.action_controller.session_store = :mem_cache_store
+ # config.action_controller.session_store = :mem_cache_store
#
- # This assumes that memcached has been installed and configured properly. See the MemCacheStore docs for more information.
+ # This assumes that memcached has been installed and configured properly.
+ # See the MemCacheStore docs for more information.
#
# == Responses
#
@@ -535,20 +541,20 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc:
#
# <tt>url_for</tt> is used to:
#
- # All keys given to url_for are forwarded to the Route module, save for the following:
- # * <tt>:anchor</tt> -- specifies the anchor name to be appended to the path. For example,
+ # All keys given to +url_for+ are forwarded to the Route module, save for the following:
+ # * <tt>:anchor</tt> - Specifies the anchor name to be appended to the path. For example,
# <tt>url_for :controller => 'posts', :action => 'show', :id => 10, :anchor => 'comments'</tt>
# will produce "/posts/show/10#comments".
- # * <tt>:only_path</tt> -- if true, returns the relative URL (omitting the protocol, host name, and port) (<tt>false</tt> by default)
- # * <tt>:trailing_slash</tt> -- if true, adds a trailing slash, as in "/archive/2005/". Note that this
+ # * <tt>:only_path</tt> - If true, returns the relative URL (omitting the protocol, host name, and port) (<tt>false</tt> by default).
+ # * <tt>:trailing_slash</tt> - If true, adds a trailing slash, as in "/archive/2005/". Note that this
# is currently not recommended since it breaks caching.
- # * <tt>:host</tt> -- overrides the default (current) host if provided.
- # * <tt>:protocol</tt> -- overrides the default (current) protocol if provided.
- # * <tt>:port</tt> -- optionally specify the port to connect to.
- # * <tt>:user</tt> -- Inline HTTP authentication (only plucked out if <tt>:password</tt> is also present).
- # * <tt>:password</tt> -- Inline HTTP authentication (only plucked out if <tt>:user</tt> is also present).
- # * <tt>:skip_relative_url_root</tt> -- if true, the url is not constructed using the relative_url_root of the request so the path
- # will include the web server relative installation directory.
+ # * <tt>:host</tt> - Overrides the default (current) host if provided.
+ # * <tt>:protocol</tt> - Overrides the default (current) protocol if provided.
+ # * <tt>:port</tt> - Optionally specify the port to connect to.
+ # * <tt>:user</tt> - Inline HTTP authentication (only plucked out if <tt>:password</tt> is also present).
+ # * <tt>:password</tt> - Inline HTTP authentication (only plucked out if <tt>:user</tt> is also present).
+ # * <tt>:skip_relative_url_root</tt> - If true, the url is not constructed using the +relative_url_root+
+ # of the request so the path will include the web server relative installation directory.
#
# The URL is generated from the remaining keys in the hash. A URL contains two key parts: the <base> and a query string.
# Routes composes a query string as the key/value pairs not included in the <base>.