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diff --git a/guides/source/api_documentation_guidelines.md b/guides/source/api_documentation_guidelines.md index d0499878da..98ead9570f 100644 --- a/guides/source/api_documentation_guidelines.md +++ b/guides/source/api_documentation_guidelines.md @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Write in present tense: "Returns a hash that...", rather than "Returned a hash t Start comments in upper case. Follow regular punctuation rules: ```ruby -# Declares an attribute reader backed by an internally-named +# Declares an attribute reader backed by an internally-named # instance variable. def attr_internal_reader(*attrs) ... @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Use two spaces to indent chunks of code--that is, for markup purposes, two space Short docs do not need an explicit "Examples" label to introduce snippets; they just follow paragraphs: ```ruby -# Converts a collection of elements into a formatted string by +# Converts a collection of elements into a formatted string by # calling +to_s+ on all elements and joining them. # # Blog.all.to_formatted_s # => "First PostSecond PostThird Post" @@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ class Array end ``` -WARNING: Using a pair of `+...+` for fixed-width font only works with **words**; that is: anything matching `\A\w+\z`. For anything else use `<tt>...</tt>`, notably symbols, setters, inline snippets, etc. +WARNING: Using a pair of `+...+` for fixed-width font only works with **words**; that is: anything matching `\A\w+\z`. For anything else use `<tt>...</tt>`, notably symbols, setters, inline snippets, etc. ### Regular Font @@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ In lists of options, parameters, etc. use a hyphen between the item and its desc # * <tt>:allow_nil</tt> - Skip validation if attribute is +nil+. ``` -The description starts in upper case and ends with a full stop—it's standard English. +The description starts in upper case and ends with a full stop-it's standard English. Dynamically Generated Methods ----------------------------- |