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authorNabeel Omer <nabeelkomer@gmail.com>2016-10-15 19:13:49 +0530
committerNabeel Omer <nabeelkomer@gmail.com>2016-10-15 19:13:49 +0530
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Updated the docs for Error::description
-rw-r--r--src/libstd/error.rs8
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstd/error.rs b/src/libstd/error.rs
index 398bb55ea1b..5702d6aefdf 100644
--- a/src/libstd/error.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/error.rs
@@ -65,9 +65,11 @@ use string;
 pub trait Error: Debug + Display {
     /// A short description of the error.
     ///
-    /// The description should not contain newlines or sentence-ending
-    /// punctuation, to facilitate embedding in larger user-facing
-    /// strings.
+    /// The description should only be used for a simple message.
+    /// It should not contain newlines or sentence-ending punctuation,
+    /// to facilitate embedding in larger user-facing strings.
+    /// For showing formatted error messages with more information see
+    /// (Display)[https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/fmt/trait.Display.html].
     ///
     /// # Examples
     ///