1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/values/time_zone.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/values/time_zone.rb
index 4502e01b12..312cce2821 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/values/time_zone.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/values/time_zone.rb
@@ -285,8 +285,12 @@ module ActiveSupport
       end
     end
 
-    # Returns the offset of this time zone as a formatted string, of the
-    # format "+HH:MM".
+    # Returns a formatted string of the offset from UTC, or an alternative
+    # string if the time zone is already UTC.
+    #
+    #   zone = ActiveSupport::TimeZone['Central Time (US & Canada)']
+    #   zone.formatted_offset        # => "-06:00"
+    #   zone.formatted_offset(false) # => "-0600"
     def formatted_offset(colon=true, alternate_utc_string = nil)
       utc_offset == 0 && alternate_utc_string || self.class.seconds_to_utc_offset(utc_offset, colon)
     end