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@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ RDoc
----
The [Rails API documentation](http://api.rubyonrails.org) is generated with
-[RDoc](http://docs.seattlerb.org/rdoc/).
+[RDoc](http://docs.seattlerb.org/rdoc/). To generate it, make sure you are
+in the rails root directory, run `bundle install` and execute:
```bash
bundle exec rake rdoc
@@ -83,6 +84,12 @@ English
Please use American English (*color*, *center*, *modularize*, etc). See [a list of American and British English spelling differences here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_spelling_differences).
+Oxford Comma
+------------
+
+Please use the [Oxford comma](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_comma)
+("red, white, and blue", instead of "red, white and blue").
+
Example Code
------------
@@ -233,7 +240,7 @@ You can quickly test the RDoc output with the following command:
```
$ echo "+:to_param+" | rdoc --pipe
-#=> <p><code>:to_param</code></p>
+# => <p><code>:to_param</code></p>
```
### Regular Font