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@@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@ it look as follows:
```html+erb
<h1>Edit article</h1>
-<%= form_for :article, url: article_path(@article), method: :patch do |f| %>
+<%= form_for(@article) do |f| %>
<% if @article.errors.any? %>
<div id="error_explanation">
@@ -1195,14 +1195,15 @@ it look as follows:
This time we point the form to the `update` action, which is not defined yet
but will be very soon.
-The `method: :patch` option tells Rails that we want this form to be submitted
+Passing the article object to the method, will automagically create url for submitting the edited article form.
+This option tells Rails that we want this form to be submitted
via the `PATCH` HTTP method which is the HTTP method you're expected to use to
**update** resources according to the REST protocol.
The first parameter of `form_for` can be an object, say, `@article` which would
cause the helper to fill in the form with the fields of the object. Passing in a
symbol (`:article`) with the same name as the instance variable (`@article`)
-also automagically leads to the same behavior. This is what is happening here.
+also automagically leads to the same behavior.
More details can be found in [form_for documentation]
(http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/FormHelper.html#method-i-form_for).