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authorPaul Kehrer <paul.l.kehrer@gmail.com>2014-06-05 12:40:56 -0500
committerPaul Kehrer <paul.l.kehrer@gmail.com>2014-06-05 12:40:56 -0500
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Documentation
-------------
-All features should be documented with prose in the ``docs`` section.
+All features should be documented with prose in the ``docs`` section. To ensure
+it builds and passes `doc8`_ style checks you can run ``tox -e docs``.
Because of the inherent challenges in implementing correct cryptographic
systems, we want to make our documentation point people in the right directions
@@ -201,3 +202,4 @@ So, specifically:
.. _`syntax`: http://sphinx-doc.org/domains.html#info-field-lists
.. _`Studies have shown`: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rational/library/11-proven-practices-for-peer-review/
.. _`our mailing list`: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/cryptography-dev
+.. _`doc8`: https://github.com/stackforge/doc8