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diff --git a/railties/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.textile b/railties/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.textile
index ff6c5f967f..c1046a3b63 100644
--- a/railties/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.textile
+++ b/railties/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.textile
@@ -440,14 +440,16 @@ NOTE: Defined in +active_support/core_ext/kernel/reporting.rb+.
h4. +in?+
-The predicate +in?+ tests if an object is included in another object. An +ArgumentError+ exception will be raised if the argument passed does not respond to +include?+.
+The predicate +in?+ tests if an object is included in another object or a list of objects. An +ArgumentError+ exception will be raised if a single argument is passed and it does not respond to +include?+.
Examples of +in?+:
<ruby>
+1.in?(1,2) # => true
1.in?([1,2]) # => true
"lo".in?("hello") # => true
25.in?(30..50) # => false
+1.in?(1) # => ArgumentError
</ruby>
NOTE: Defined in +active_support/core_ext/object/inclusion.rb+.
@@ -571,7 +573,7 @@ NOTE: Defined in +active_support/core_ext/module/attr_accessor_with_default.rb+.
h5. Internal Attributes
-When you are defining an attribute in a class that is meant to be subclassed name collisions are a risk. That's remarkably important for libraries.
+When you are defining an attribute in a class that is meant to be subclassed, name collisions are a risk. That's remarkably important for libraries.
Active Support defines the macros +attr_internal_reader+, +attr_internal_writer+, and +attr_internal_accessor+. They behave like their Ruby built-in +attr_*+ counterparts, except they name the underlying instance variable in a way that makes collisions less likely.
@@ -3039,12 +3041,16 @@ Active Support defines these methods as well for Ruby 1.8.
h6. +beginning_of_week+, +end_of_week+
-The methods +beginning_of_week+ and +end_of_week+ return the dates for the beginning and end of week, assuming weeks start on Monday:
+The methods +beginning_of_week+ and +end_of_week+ return the dates for the
+beginning and end of the week, respectively. Weeks are assumed to start on
+Monday, but that can be changed passing an argument, see examples:
<ruby>
-d = Date.new(2010, 5, 8) # => Sat, 08 May 2010
-d.beginning_of_week # => Mon, 03 May 2010
-d.end_of_week # => Sun, 09 May 2010
+d = Date.new(2010, 5, 8) # => Sat, 08 May 2010
+d.beginning_of_week # => Mon, 03 May 2010
+d.beginning_of_week(:sunday) # => Sun, 02 May 2010
+d.end_of_week # => Sun, 09 May 2010
+d.end_of_week(:sunday) # => Sat, 08 May 2010
</ruby>
+beginning_of_week+ is aliased to +monday+ and +at_beginning_of_week+. +end_of_week+ is aliased to +sunday+ and +at_end_of_week+.