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-rw-r--r--ext/strscan/strscan.c5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/ext/strscan/strscan.c b/ext/strscan/strscan.c
index 7edd1bf0c2..61c8d8972c 100644
--- a/ext/strscan/strscan.c
+++ b/ext/strscan/strscan.c
@@ -1089,8 +1089,9 @@ strscan_matched(VALUE self)
}
/*
- * Returns the size of the most recent match (see #matched), or +nil+ if there
- * was no recent match.
+ * Returns the size of the most recent match in bytes, or +nil+ if there
+ * was no recent match. This is different than <tt>matched.size</tt>,
+ * which will return the size in characters.
*
* s = StringScanner.new('test string')
* s.check /\w+/ # -> "test"