From 6095ff3864d73e69c11196c0ea1bb5973bcd24bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 22:35:31 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Effective Go: stress that comments are uninterpreted text
 that should look in godoc.

R=rsc, dsymonds
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/4192041
---
 doc/effective_go.html | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/effective_go.html b/doc/effective_go.html
index 8f94f467be..a32179298e 100644
--- a/doc/effective_go.html
+++ b/doc/effective_go.html
@@ -194,9 +194,13 @@ Comments do not need extra formatting such as banners of stars.
 The generated output may not even be presented in a fixed-width font, so don't depend
 on spacing for alignment&mdash;<code>godoc</code>, like <code>gofmt</code>,
 takes care of that.
-Finally, the comments are uninterpreted plain text, so HTML and other
+The comments are uninterpreted plain text, so HTML and other
 annotations such as <code>_this_</code> will reproduce <i>verbatim</i> and should
 not be used.
+Depending on the context, <code>godoc</code> might not even
+reformat comments, so make sure they look good straight up:
+use correct spelling, punctuation, and sentence structure,
+fold long lines, and so on.
 </p>
 
 <p>
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