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diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/http_authentication.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/http_authentication.rb
index 3d46163b74..44d2f740e6 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/http_authentication.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/http_authentication.rb
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ module ActionController
# The quality of the implementation depends on a good choice.
# A nonce might, for example, be constructed as the base 64 encoding of
#
- # => time-stamp H(time-stamp ":" ETag ":" private-key)
+ # time-stamp H(time-stamp ":" ETag ":" private-key)
#
# where time-stamp is a server-generated time or other non-repeating value,
# ETag is the value of the HTTP ETag header associated with the requested entity,
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ module ActionController
#
# An implementation might choose not to accept a previously used nonce or a previously used digest, in order to
# protect against a replay attack. Or, an implementation might choose to use one-time nonces or digests for
- # POST or PUT requests and a time-stamp for GET requests. For more details on the issues involved see Section 4
+ # POST, PUT, or PATCH requests and a time-stamp for GET requests. For more details on the issues involved see Section 4
# of this document.
#
# The nonce is opaque to the client. Composed of Time, and hash of Time with secret
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ module ActionController
end
# Might want a shorter timeout depending on whether the request
- # is a PUT or POST, and if client is browser or web service.
+ # is a PATCH, PUT, or POST, and if client is browser or web service.
# Can be much shorter if the Stale directive is implemented. This would
# allow a user to use new nonce without prompting user again for their
# username and password.