* doc/syntax/assignment.rdoc (Implicit Array Assignment): Clarify

  that "left-hand side" means "of the assignment".  Suggested by Jorge
  Dias.
* doc/syntax/assignment.rdoc (Multiple Assignment):  ditto.


git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@38902 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/doc/syntax/assignment.rdoc b/doc/syntax/assignment.rdoc
index 7e586225b9..7424d4885f 100644
--- a/doc/syntax/assignment.rdoc
+++ b/doc/syntax/assignment.rdoc
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ assigning.  This is similar to multiple assignment:
 
   p a # prints [1, 2, 3]
 
-You can splat anywhere in the left-hand side:
+You can splat anywhere in the left-hand side of the assignment:
 
   a = 1, *[2, 3]
 
@@ -408,14 +408,15 @@ You can use multiple assignment to swap two values in-place:
   p new_value: new_value, old_value: old_value
   # prints {:new_value=>1, :old_value=>2}
 
-If you have more values on the left hand side than variables on the right hand
-side the extra values are ignored:
+If you have more values on the left hand side of the assignment than variables
+on the right hand side the extra values are ignored:
 
   a, b = 1, 2, 3
 
   p a: a, b: b # prints {:a=>1, :b=>2}
 
-You can use <code>*</code> to gather extra values on the right-hand side.
+You can use <code>*</code> to gather extra values on the right-hand side of
+the assignment.
 
   a, *b = 1, 2, 3