1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/syntax/calling_methods.rdoc b/doc/syntax/calling_methods.rdoc
index 63a1b43781..a24c5fbf1f 100644
--- a/doc/syntax/calling_methods.rdoc
+++ b/doc/syntax/calling_methods.rdoc
@@ -291,14 +291,14 @@ override local arguments outside the block in the caller's scope:
 This prints:
 
   hello main this is block
-  place is world
+  place is: world
 
 So the +place+ variable in the block is not the same +place+ variable as
 outside the block.  Removing <code>; place</code> from the block arguments
 gives this result:
 
   hello main this is block
-  place is block
+  place is: block
 
 === Unpacking Positional Arguments
 
@@ -355,9 +355,8 @@ as one argument:
   # Prints the object itself:
   #   #<Name:0x00007f9d07bca650 @name="Jane Doe">
 
-This allows to handle one or many arguments polymorphically. Note also that +nil+
-has NilClass#to_a defined to return an empty array, so conditional unpacking is
-possible:
+This allows to handle one or many arguments polymorphically. Note also that <tt>*nil</tt>
+is unpacked to an empty list of arguments, so conditional unpacking is possible:
 
   my_method(*(some_arguments if some_condition?))
 
@@ -426,7 +425,7 @@ as keyword arguments:
 
   name = Name.new('Jane Doe')
   p(**name)
-  # Prints: {name: "Jane", last: "Doe"}
+  # Prints: {first: "Jane", last: "Doe"}
 
 Unlike <code>*</code> operator, <code>**</code> raises an error when used on an
 object that doesn't respond to <code>#to_hash</code>. The one exception is