Fixed #16078 -- Fixed a few typos in the signing documentation. Thanks, brutasse.

git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@16270 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/docs/topics/signing.txt b/docs/topics/signing.txt
index 7989643297..da030af80e 100644
--- a/docs/topics/signing.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/signing.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Protecting the SECRET_KEY
 =========================
 
 When you create a new Django project using :djadmin:`startproject`, the
-``settings.py`` file it generates automatically gets a random
+``settings.py`` file is generated automatically and gets a random
 :setting:`SECRET_KEY` value. This value is the key to securing signed
 data -- it is vital you keep this secure, or attackers could use it to
 generate their own signed values.
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ You can retrieve the original value using the ``unsign`` method::
     u'My string'
 
 If the signature or value have been altered in any way, a
-``django.core.signing.BadSigature`` exception will be raised::
+``django.core.signing.BadSignature`` exception will be raised::
 
     >>> value += 'm'
     >>> try:
@@ -122,10 +122,10 @@ Protecting complex data structures
 ----------------------------------
 
 If you wish to protect a list, tuple or dictionary you can do so using the
-signing module's dumps and loads functions. These imitate Python's pickle
-module, but uses JSON serialization under the hood. JSON ensures that even
-if your :setting:`SECRET_KEY` is stolen an attacker will not be able to
-execute arbitrary commands by exploiting the pickle format.::
+signing module's ``dumps`` and ``loads`` functions. These imitate Python's
+pickle module, but use JSON serialization under the hood. JSON ensures that
+even if your :setting:`SECRET_KEY` is stolen an attacker will not be able
+to execute arbitrary commands by exploiting the pickle format.::
 
     >>> from django.core import signing
     >>> value = signing.dumps({"foo": "bar"})
@@ -133,3 +133,11 @@ execute arbitrary commands by exploiting the pickle format.::
     'eyJmb28iOiJiYXIifQ:1NMg1b:zGcDE4-TCkaeGzLeW9UQwZesciI'
     >>> signing.loads(value)
     {'foo': 'bar'}
+
+.. function:: dumps(obj, key=None, salt='django.core.signing', compress=False)
+
+    Returns URL-safe, sha1 signed base64 compressed JSON string.
+
+.. function:: loads(string, key=None, salt='django.core.signing', max_age=None)
+
+    Reverse of dumps(), raises ``BadSignature`` if signature fails.