1 files changed, 27 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/ext/json/lib/json/add/symbol.rb b/ext/json/lib/json/add/symbol.rb
index 74b13a423f..b5f3623158 100644
--- a/ext/json/lib/json/add/symbol.rb
+++ b/ext/json/lib/json/add/symbol.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,26 @@
+
 #frozen_string_literal: false
 unless defined?(::JSON::JSON_LOADED) and ::JSON::JSON_LOADED
   require 'json'
 end
 
 class Symbol
-  # Returns a hash, that will be turned into a JSON object and represent this
-  # object.
+
+  # Methods <tt>Symbol#as_json</tt> and +Symbol.json_create+ may be used
+  # to serialize and deserialize a \Symbol object;
+  # see Marshal[rdoc-ref:Marshal].
+  #
+  # \Method <tt>Symbol#as_json</tt> serializes +self+,
+  # returning a 2-element hash representing +self+:
+  #
+  #   require 'json/add/symbol'
+  #   x = :foo.as_json
+  #   # => {"json_class"=>"Symbol", "s"=>"foo"}
+  #
+  # \Method +JSON.create+ deserializes such a hash, returning a \Symbol object:
+  #
+  #   Symbol.json_create(x) # => :foo
+  #
   def as_json(*)
     {
       JSON.create_id => self.class.name,
@@ -13,12 +28,20 @@ class Symbol
     }
   end
 
-  # Stores class name (Symbol) with String representation of Symbol as a JSON string.
+  # Returns a JSON string representing +self+:
+  #
+  #   require 'json/add/symbol'
+  #   puts :foo.to_json
+  #
+  # Output:
+  #
+  #   # {"json_class":"Symbol","s":"foo"}
+  #
   def to_json(*a)
     as_json.to_json(*a)
   end
 
-  # Deserializes JSON string by converting the <tt>string</tt> value stored in the object to a Symbol
+  # See #as_json.
   def self.json_create(o)
     o['s'].to_sym
   end